‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘SOREIYU no OKA( Soleil hill) ‘SOREIYU no OKA is a big nature park in the west MIURA peninsula.It’s famous for its canola flowers in this season. It’s free and you can enjoy it like below. 1: Flower garden. It changes up to the season, canola flower, nemophila , sun flower, […]
‘EARLY CHERRY BLOSSOM in Tokyo’I came across the early cherry blossom, KAWAZU ZAKURA in HAPPOEN in the center of Tokyo. How to speak easy Japanese HAPPOEN is the restaurant and wedding facility with huge Japanese garden 15 minutes walk from JR MEGURO station.It was a SAURAI residence during the feudal […]
‘How to figure out the differences between CHERRY, PLUM and PEACH’There are 3 spring bloomings in Japan, plum, cherry, and peach blossom.These are similar in shape, sometimes confusing .I tell you how to see the differences. How to speak easy Japanese 1: Pum: Bloom only 1 petal directly from the […]
‘Mt.MIURA-FUJI’I climbed Mt.MIURAFUJI at MIURA peninsula.It’s just 183m high but we can see the dynamic view of the Pacific Ocean from the top. How to speak easy Japanese There is a cute JIZO Buddha statue that protects travelers.Japanese mountains are always connected to the old beliefs . We Japanese often […]
‘HIKING in YUGAWARA’ YUGAWARA is the entrance hill of IZU peninsula near Tokyo.It takes 1 hour 40 minutes from Tokyo.This area faces the Pacific Ocean and has a nice view. There are many trekking courses this area.I went to the Mt. MAKUWANA course which has a big plum garden on […]
‘SAKURA( cherry blossoms ) in February ‘I think you know that SAKURA( cherry blossom) is flowering in the springtime, mostly April. How to speak easy Japanese 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 […]
‘SOUTH MIURA PENINSULA SEASHORE walking course’I enjoyed the seashore walking at south MIURA peninsula from MATSWA to JOGASHIMA island for 4 hours. How to speak easy Japanese There is a lot of hiking and walking courses at hills, mountains, city areas, and seashores in Japan. At the seashore walking, you […]
HANEGI PARK is a city park in UMEGAOKA 14 minutes from SHINJUKU.It’s located from the station area to on the huge hill. How to speak easy Japanese There are big plum garden hill with 650 plum trees, baseball park , tennis coats , library, tea house .There is a plum […]
‘START OF SPRING ( 立春)’3rd February is RISSHUN( 立春) the day when spring starts from traditional calendar. In Japan February is still cold but the daytime is getting longer little by little.It’s already 1 hour longer than winter equinox day 23rd December. I came across the beautiful pink plum blossom […]
‘TENJINJIMA island ’I came across the ‘TENJINJIMA natural history museum ‘ in SAJIMA west part of MIURA peninsula.It’s a tiny museum for free. The car parking is also free. I surprised that the building itself is very tiny and local, but it has a huge seashore in it. The surrounding […]
‘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 […]
‘ 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 […]
‘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 […]
Free Japanese garden ’FREE JAPANESE GARDEN of hotel you shouldn’t miss’ There are hotels and wedding facilities which have beautiful Japanese gardens. This is CHINZANSO hotel Japanese garden which is north east part of Tokyo . It was a SAMURAI residence during feudal age, the politician owned it 1878 named […]
‘SHINJUKU GYOEN PARK’Shinjuku gyoen park is located 10 minutes walk from Shinjuku station . How to speak easy Japanese It was a SAMURAI residence in feudal age, converted as imperial botanical garden 1879. Now it’s open for public. There are 1300 cherry trees, very famous for HANAMI( cherry blossom viewing) […]
‘KYU-FURUKAWA garden’There are several popular Japanese gardens which preserved by Tokyo metropolitan government.This is KYU-FURUKAWA garden one of them , which is famous for its beautiful rose follows blooming in spring. The main building is western style and the rose garden is western style too. But also there is a […]
‘Tokyo autumn footage-4. RIKUGIEN garden’The colorful leaves are still many in Tokyo area . How to speak easy Japanese This is RIKUGIEN garden in canter of Tokyo. You go to Komagome station 18 minutes from Tokyo station, then walk 5 minutes to this garden. It’s founded 1695 as a garden […]
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