‘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 […]
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