‘SHUNKA-EN BONSAI MUSEUM ‘I visited SHUNKAEN BONSAI MUSEUM in Tokyo. It’s founded 2002 by KUNIO KOBAYASHI , the famous Bonsai artist who won the prime minister’s prize 4 times . How to care Bonsai? He made the over 100 million yen ( 1 million dollars) Bonsai often.The museum has Japanese […]
‘OTAFUKU, is she beautiful?’This is MIZONOKUCHI shrine in KAWASAKI city next to Tokyo. These 2 faces are ‘ OTAFUKU’ which is the lucky symbol of Japan. OTAFUKU( お多福)literary means ‘ many lucks’.( It sometimes means the uglywoman too…)It represents the women’s lucky face. The shape is round , big cheek […]
‘INFORMATION’ 15th March‘CHERRY BLOSSOM FLOWERING ‘Japan Meteorological Agency announced the cherry blossom flowering has started yesterday ( 14th March). It’s 12 days earlier than the ordinary year. The 5 buds of the standard cherry tree of YASUKINI shrine began to burst . Tokyo Tower was illuminated by pink and white […]
‘TOFU( soybean curd )’Tofu is commonly eaten in daily basis in Japan. It’s made from soybean, yes vegetable food . It’s thought originally from ancient China, now it’s common ingredient in Eastern Asia , China, Korea, Vietnamese, etc…The calorie is very low compare to the meat foods . So now […]
‘EGARA SHRINE in KAMAKURA’This shrine was founded 1104 dedicated for aristocrat SUGAWARA MICHIZANE known as the deity of learning. Many students come here to pray for success of the examinations.Also many manga artists offer gratitude for their pen which they used to draw manga. This tower is presented by 154 […]
‘BONSAI FLOWER’ Bonsai is a Japanese art form of the living potted miniature tree. It reminds us the big tree in the nature.I like the flowering Bonsai a lot.Bonsai is basically green color from its green leaves of Pine , Juniperus , Rockspray cotoneaster , quiet atmosphere. But following Bonsais […]
‘CAFE with patio’This is the SETABI CAFE next to the SETAGAYA museum in the KINUTA park of Tokyo. It has a big quiet patio with a small waterfall.People often come here and relax without buying anything. The menu are very reasonable coffee is 340yen ( 3.4 dollars) and lunch is […]
‘SHIBA PARK next to Tokyo tower’SHIBA park is the city park next to TOKYO TOWER and ZOJOJI temple in the center of Tokyo. It is a precinct of ZOJOJI temple but due to the separation of the politics and religion policy,the surrounding area has converted as a city park 1873 […]
‘100 Stairs ( 百段階段)’The ‘100 stairs ( 百段階段) ‘is the cultural heritage of Hotel GAJOEN in Tokyo, the old 3rd building. It’s basically the beautiful 7 traditional Japanese rooms connected by 99 stairs. ( not 100 stairs ) It’s built in 1935 as restaurants and reception rooms. Each room is […]
‘OOMIYA HIKAWA SHRINE’I visited OOMIYA HIKAWA SHRINE, one of the oldest shrines in the east part of Japan. It’s said founded the 5th emperor KOSHO era, over 2000 years ago.It’s located in OOMIYA city, OOMIYA literally means’ big shrine’ , yes city name is from this shrine. There was a […]
Bonsai art Tokyo, cherry blossom Bonsai!At OOMIYA BONSAI MUSEUM I came across the beautiful cherry blossom Bonsai at OOMIYA Bonsai museum next to Tokyo. It takes 30 minutes train from Tokyo station to Toro station, then 5 minutes walk. The entrance fee is 310yen ( 3 dollars). The whole Bonsai […]
KAWAZU ZAKURA How to speak Japanese video lesson I think you know that SAKURA( cherry blossom) is flowering in the springtime, mostly April.Yes it’s true, but there is an early flowering SAKURA called KAWAZU ZAKURA.It’s floweing from February to early March.The peral colour is pinky than ordinary SAKURA( SOMEIYOSHINO).KAWAZU ZAKURA […]
‘Early spring footages in OGOSE plum garden next to Tokyo’OGOSE plum garden is one of the 3 famous plum gardens in Tokyo area . 1: KAIRAKUEN in IBARAKI prefecture2: ATAMI BAIEN in KANAGAWA prefecture3: OGOSE BAITIN in SAITAMA prefecture There are 1000 plum trees in this garden, also surrounding area […]
‘Early Spring footages in KINUTA park’KINUTA park is the huge city park in Tokyo. It was built 1940 , as the anniversary of the imperial year 2600th. It’s basically the green area and used as the evacuation area during the WW2. It’s converted as the golf course after the war […]
‘RAILWAY MUSEUM’Japan is the heaven of the railway fans. There are wide variations of railways are running here. How to speak easy Japanese JR( Japan Railway )lines, a lot of private train lines, metros, trams, monorails, local mini trains, etc…This is the RAILWAY MUSEUM in OMIYA, 35 minutes train from […]
‘SHIBA PARK next to Tokyo tower’SHIBA park is the city park next to Tokyo Tower and ZOJOJI temple in the center of Tokyo. How to speak easy Japanese It is a precinct of ZOJOJI temple but due to the separation of the politics and religion policy,the surrounding area has converted […]
‘TEMPLE FOR WOMEN’This is TOKEIJI temple in KAMAKURA, 45 minutes train from Tokyo. It’s founded 1285 by the woman monk, the RINZAI school, which is one of the ZEN sects. It’s known as the women’s temple from middle age, where women come here and can ask divorce from her husband.Yes […]
‘FANCY TOILET’This is the toilet in HOTEL GAJOEN in MEGURO Tokyo. This hotel is famous for its traditional Japanese decorations like,1: HAKUDAN KAIDAN( 100 stairs and traditional beautiful 7 rooms to see). This is the great cultural heritage of Japan. 1000 yen (10 dollars ) to enter. Enjoy the beauty […]
If you travel by car , you come across many good facilities and scenery which difficult to experience by train travel. This is the fisherman’s direct shop in MIURA peninsula. It’s 1 hour drive from Tokyo.You can see the local’s dietary life and daily life here !! JOGASHIMA in MIURA […]
‘ARASAKI PARK’ ARASAKI PARK is the seashore park at west MIURA peninsula. It’s located on the Pacific Ocean and has a nice view of Mt.Fuji and the IZU peninsula on a fine day. There are YUHI no OKA( subset hill), PICNIC no OKA( picnic hill), SIOSAI no OKA( sound of […]
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