‘ITA SHA( 痛車)the unconditional, limitless love’I came across the ITA SHA in AKIHABARA, the popular geeks sanctuary. ITA means’ painful, shameful’ ,SHA means’ car’.Anime and manga fan decorate and wrap their car by the favorite anime and manga characters , show their unconditional and limitless love for them. So ITA […]
‘TSUKIJI HONGANJI temple’This is not ‘ Taj Mahal’ of India. It’s TSUKIJI HONGANJI temple , the popular temple for locals next to TSUKIJI fish market just cross the crossing 2 minutes. This is the temple of HONGANJI school in Buddhism which was founded 1617.Today’s building was built in 1934 , […]
‘MATSUO SHRINE, the hidden tourist spot in Kyoto-2’ I visited MATSUO shrine in west part of Kyoto. It’s located at the bottom of the west hill of Kyoto. The real object of worship is high up the mountain 223m. The object called ‘IWAKURA’ and people offered prayer from the ancient […]
‘WOOD CULTURE in NIHON MINKAEN ( Japan folklore houses museum ) ’ If you say western civilization as a ‘ stone culture’ , Japanese culture would refer as a’ wood culture’. Our traditional houses , daily necessities are made from wood ,bamboo and plants.This is NIHON-MINKAEN, Japanese folklore houses museum […]
‘SUSHI in TSUKIJI fish market’ Me and my family sometimes go to eat SUSHI in TSUKIJI fish market. The auction area and the wholesale area have moved to the newly developed TOYOSU fish market on 2018, but the consumer restaurants and stores are still here in the ‘ outer market […]
‘MATSUO SHRINE, the hidden tourist spot in Kyoto-1’I visited MATSUO shrine in west part of Kyoto. It’s located at the bottom of the west hill of Kyoto. The real object of worship is high up the mountain 223m. The object called ‘IWAKURA’ and people offer prayer from the ancient time […]
‘THE LAST COLORFUL LEAVES, THE FIRST PLUM BLOSSOM’We visited ATAMI-BAIRIN( plum garden) to see the colorful leaves in December . It’s said we can see colorful leaves until middle of December. This area is warmer than Tokyo because of hot current of Pacific Ocean hits here . Also it’s said […]
I uploaded ‘TOKYO CAMP ‘ video ,it’s an urban solo camping at MEIJI SHRINE . I speak in Japanese but put subtitles in Japanese, English and by automatic translation subtitles French, German ,Spanish ,Italian ,Chinese( Taiwan ,mainland China),Thai.You click the gear wheel mark below and look for your language.I don’t […]
‘TOKYO SKYTREE OBSERVATORIES 350m, 450m which do you chose?’There are 2 observatories in TOKYO SKYTREE. One is 350m and the other is 450m. 450m one is the world tallest observatory. 350m costs 2100yen( 21 dollars) 450m costs 3100yen ( 31 dollars) . Holidays are 2300, 3400 yen. I think many […]
‘ GREEN HOUSE in SHINJUKU GYOEN PARK’If you come to Japan in cold winter, I recommend you visit the greenhouse in SHINJUKU GYOEN PARK. It’s in the north part of the park , next to the FRENCH GARDEN .It’s founded 1872 as a imperial plants cultivation facility, now it’s renovated […]
‘CAFE with the view of the Pacific Ocean’This is OTOWANOMOTRI CAFE of HAYAMA city , in MIURA peninsula 1 hour drive from Tokyo . It takes 1 hour 30 minutes by train and bus too. It’s on the hill next to the seashore,so you can see the beautiful and dynamic […]
‘TOKYO SKYTREE, the tallest independent broadcasting tower in the world 634m high. TOKYO SKYTREE was built 2012 as a substitute of TOKYO TOWER 333m. TOKYO TOWER was built 1958, 62 years ago, there was no tall building in Japan at that time. But time goes by TOKYO TOWER is surrounded […]
‘BE NAKED ‘If you come to Japan you will have a chance to take traditional Japanese Onsen ( natural hot spa) or bath . You should be naked in the Onsen and bath, the swimsuit is not allowed. Because clean hot water gets dirty by your swimsuit’s dirt, pees and […]
‘TOKYO GARDEN TERRACE KIOICHO ‘ This is a complex building of residence area, offices, restaurants, stores and hotel in KIOICHO next to Hotel New Otani in AKASAKA ( not ASAKUSA) . I came across here at night , the illuminations outside are very charming.Also these reflect over the water of […]
‘MONKEY PARK ,ARASHIYAMA in Kyoto ‘If you go to ARASHIYAMA one of the most popular tourist spots in Kyoto, don’t miss MONKEY PARK in west part of KATSURA river . The entrance is in the ICHITANI shrine, 550yen( 5.5 dollars) to enter. It’s located on the top of the hill, […]
‘TOGETSUKYO bridge ARASHIYAMA in Kyoto’TOGETSUKYO is the bridge of KATSURA river of ARASHIYAMA west part of Kyoto . ARASHIYAMA was the resort of ancient aristocrats of Japan from 8th century.KATSURA river and mountain valley make the beautiful view in spring, summer, autumn and winter.ARASHIYAMA is the good place to walk […]
‘SUMIDA PARK, the Oasis in between SENSOJI ASAKUSA and Tokyo Skytree’ This is SUMIDA park east side of SUMIDA river on the half way from SENSOJI temple to Tokyo Skytree 18 minutes walk . There is a cute Japanese garden with pond . I saw many birds are resting and […]
‘New walk way from SENSOJI temple to Tokyo Skytree’SUMIDA River Walk is the walk way from SENSOJI temple to Tokyo Skytree by 18 minutes walk . This walk way is built along the TOBU train bridge 18th June 2020 .The view is very nice , you can see the north […]
‘ASAKUSA SENSOJI temple, 2 more things to see’ If you visit SENSOJI temple in ASAKUSA, you will enjoy1: Thunder gate( 雷門)2: NAKAMISE shopping street3: Smoke purification4: Cleans hands5: Prayer in main hall6: Ceiling pictures I recommend 2 more things to see.7: Small stream and KOI fish8: ASAKUSA shrine If you […]
‘FIRST VISIT TO OFFER NEW YEAR’S PRAYER-2’The beginning of new year SHOGATSU ( 正月)starts from the first visit to the shrines and the temples to pray new year resolution.I’m at MEIJI shrine in HARAJUKU, the biggest Shinto shrine in Tokyo. It’s the number one popular first visit place to offer […]
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