‘OCEAN VIEW MUSEUM’I visited MOA( Mokichi Okada association) museum in ATAMI 40 minutes bullet train from Tokyo. It’s a private museum of huge scale located on the hill top of ATAMI ,Shizuoka prefecture.You go up 60m on the hill by long 7 tunnel escalators to the museum hall . You […]
‘DAISO( 1 dollar shop) luxury goods ‘DAISO is the biggest 100yen ( 1 dollar) shop chain which has over 3000 shops in Japan, over 2000 shops overseas in 26 countries. You can buy everything by 100 yen ( 1 dollar) and Japanese souvenirs too! I highly recommend you buy Japanese […]
‘SANKEI-EN Japanese garden in Yokohama’ SANKEI-EN is the big Japanese garden which has 17 traditional buildings including 3 storied pagoda, museum, cafes , big pond , hill, and valley inside . It’s founded 1906 by Mr.SANKEI HARA, the rich silk business man.The atmosphere is very open, calm and quiet even […]
‘SUNSET’Japan is surrounded by Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan. So there are many nice view points to see the beautiful sunset . Many of these famous sunset tourist spots have hotels and Ryokans ( traditional Japanese hotel). But even the unknown places we can see beautiful sunset all over […]
‘How to enjoy HAKONE’If you go to HAKONE which is one of the nearest resorts of Tokyo, you can get on the several different transportations . The first is train to HAKONE from Tokyo , then cable car , rope way , boat and bus . But if you but […]
‘Hidden colorful leaves spot in Kyoto, RYOANJI temple’RYOANJI temple is the world famous ZEN temple with mysterious 15th rock garden. There are 15th rocks in the garden, but you can see only 14th from any direction.It’s a famous ZEN question, you should think about the answer.I like the outside Japanese […]
‘HAKONE MUSEUM’HAKONE museum is the oldest Japanese and eastern pottery museum in HAKONE . It’s also famous for its beautiful Japanese garden. There are 200 MOMIJI( Japanese maple) trees and the green moss which covers the entire garden ground. How to speak easy Japanese The contrast of the red MOMIJI […]
‘OSHINO HAKKAI( Oshino 8 ponds )’ I visited OSHINO HAKKAI ( Oshino 8 ponds ) village which is located in the east skirt of Mt.FUJI. There are 8 ponds where clear groundwater are gushing out . The rain which fell Mt.FUJI purified in underground over 20 years , then come […]
‘KAWAGUCHIKO lake , Mt.FUJI and colorful leaves’I visited KAWAGUCHIKO lake one of the 5 lakes skirt of Mt.FUJI. This lake is famous for its beautiful whole reflection of Mt. FUJI on the surface. Also during colorful leaves season ( middle of November to early December) you could see Mt.FUJI, MOMIJI( […]
‘HOW TO SLURP RAMEN’If you come to Japan you have many chances to eat noodles, like RAMEN , UDON, SOBA, KISHIMEN, SOMEN . These noodles are served by hot and cold .We Japanese eat them by slurping noodles. It’s good to cool down the hot noodles and feel the surface […]
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