‘How to enjoy Mt.TAKAO in Tokyo-3 Mt.Fuji view ‘ Mt.TAKAO is the most popular mountain to hike in the world ,3 million people go up every year, even small children and old people can walk up using the cable car and the lift. It’s 599m tall. It’s registered as 3 […]
‘How to enjoy Mt.TAKAO in Tokyo -2 TENGU fairly’Mt.TAKAO is the most popular mountain to hike in the world ,3 million people go up every year, even small children and old people can walk up using the cable car and the lift. It’s registered as 3 stars of Michelin guide […]
‘HORSE CARRIAGE in Kyoto’I came across the horse carriage at the last station of TOROCCO train in Kyoto. If you get off at TOROCCO KAMEOKA station, you find the KYO BASHA( Kyoto horse carriage). They offer carriage 25 minutes 2 corses , one is go around the nearby area and […]
‘MITSUMINE shrine’I visited MITSUMINE shrine in SAITAMA prefecture 2.5 hours from Tokyo. This shrine was founded by YAMATOTAKERU , the son of the emperor KEIKOU in 4-5th century, also said to be a head quarter of SHUGENDO ( fusion of Shinto and Buddhism) in east Japan . The founder of […]
‘NOZAWA ONSEN’I visited NOZAWA ONSEN( natural hot spa) to relax with my family. This is the northern NAGANO prefecture 3.5 hours from Tokyo.This is one of the most popular snow resort in winter, I have visited skiing often since when I was a uni student and with my family. NOZAWA […]
‘YAKUSHIIKE PARK in west Tokyo’I visited YAKUSHI IKE PARK in MACHIDA city the west part of Tokyo. This is a huge nature park with big ponds .I came across the beautiful wisteria trees of white one and purple one . There are YAKUSHIDO temple, traditional buildings, many seasonal flowers like […]
‘AZUMINO ALPS park’I visited AZUMINO ALPS park in Nagano prefecture. It’s a huge natural park with seasonal flowers. There are 260000 tulips and big canola flowers area now . AZUMINO city is surrounded by the mountains , the air is very fresh and streams are very clear. We saw Carp […]
‘Mt.Fuji view trekking’ I enjoyed trekking Mt.Fuji view mountains near Mt.Fuji. These are Mt.MYOJIN 1291m and Mt.TAKAZASHI 1174m. There are close to YAMANAKAKO lake , which is the biggest lake in Mt.Fuji 5 lakes .If you climb up these mountains, you can see Mt.Fuji over YAMAKAKO lake , really beautiful! […]
‘AZALEA FESTIVAL in SHIOFUNE-KANNON temple’I visited SHIOFUNE-KANNON temple in OME , 1 hour 30 minutes from the center of Tokyo . This temple founded AD 645, a nun from WAKASA region ( today’s FUKUI prefecture) offered the gold statue of KANNON Buddha . It’s a SHINGON school Buddhism today, one […]
‘MOTOSU lake near Mt.Fuji’ I visited MOTOSU lake, the third largest lake of Mt.Fuji 5 lakes . It’s the deepest 121m and the clearest12m transparency in 5 lakes.There are several beautiful camping spots around the lake. I recommend’HIROTAKI camp ground’ where you can see Mt.Fuji over the MOTOSU lake in […]
‘WADAKURA FOUNTAIN PARK’ WADAKURA FOUNTAIN PARK is in between Tokyo station and the imperial palace. It’s built in 1961 as a commemoration of the Emperor Emeritus couple wedding and renovated in 1995 as a commemoration of today’s Emperor couple wedding.It takes 5 minutes walk from Tokyo station through MIYUKI DORI( […]
‘SAKURA EXPLOSION has started!’SAKURA ( cherry blossom) explosion has started in Tokyo! The cherry blossom begun flowering 14th March this year, 12 days earlier than normal year .I visited SHINJUKU-GYOEN park, one of the popular HANAMI ( cherry blossom viewing) spots in Tokyo. SHINJUKU-GYOEN area was the SAMURAI residence in […]
SAKURADA TATSUMI WATCHTOWER is the remains of 400 years old EDO castle. It takes 10 minutes walk from Tokyo station.It’s one of the best photo shoot place around the imperial palace.You can enjoy the contrast of modern Tokyo and traditional EDO( old name of Tokyo) here . I’m Nobu, one […]
‘GALA YUZAWA SNOW RESORT-2’ I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN. GALA YUZAWA station is the SHINKANSEN ( bullet train) station during winter season from 12th December to 5th May.There are direct trains from Tokyo , the fastest one is only 74 minutes.If you get off the gate , […]
‘GALA YUZAWA SNOW RESORT-1’ I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN. GALA YUZAWA station is the SHINKANSEN ( bullet train) station during winter season from 12th December to 5th May.There are direct trains from Tokyo , the fastest one is only 74 minutes.If you get off the gate , […]
‘DAY TRIP TO SNOW RESORT FROM TOKYO’YUZAWA area in NIGATA prefecture is a popular snow resort area which has 12 snow resorts with ONSEN, some of them operate ski World Cup . Most of them are accessible within 2 hours from Tokyo.I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN.GALA YUZAWA […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
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