‘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 […]
‘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, […]
‘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 […]
‘LOCAL TOURIST SPOT, JOGASAKI seashore ’This place is JOGASAKI SHORE of east IZU prefecture. There are many steep cliffs and inlets around here along 2 km , a part of the national park. It’s formed by lava of near by Mt.OMURO volcano eruption 4000 years ago. The view is dynamic […]
‘South IZU in IZU peninsula ‘IZU peninsula is one of my favorite relax area on weekends. It located 1.5 -3 hours from Tokyo by car and by train. It’s said IZU peninsula was the island of Pacific Ocean 200 million years ago, moved north by the force of the pacific […]
‘OSAKA night footage, OSAKA station’I went to OSAKA station on business. OSAKA is the main city of west part of Japan with 2.7 million residents. The grater OSAKA has 12 million residents. The eternal rival of Tokyo. OSAKA is one of the oldest cities in Japan than Kyoto , full […]
‘SANKEI-EN Japanese garden in Yokohama’ SANKEI-EN is the big Japanese garden which has 17 traditional buildings including 3 storied pagoda, museum, cafes , big pond , hill, and valley inside . It’s founded 1906 by Mr.SANKEI HARA, the rich silk business man.The atmosphere is very open, calm and quiet even […]
‘SUNSET’Japan is surrounded by Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan. So there are many nice view points to see the beautiful sunset . Many of these famous sunset tourist spots have hotels and Ryokans ( traditional Japanese hotel). But even the unknown places we can see beautiful sunset all over […]
‘How to enjoy HAKONE’If you go to HAKONE which is one of the nearest resorts of Tokyo, you can get on the several different transportations . The first is train to HAKONE from Tokyo , then cable car , rope way , boat and bus . But if you but […]
‘Hidden colorful leaves spot in Kyoto, RYOANJI temple’RYOANJI temple is the world famous ZEN temple with mysterious 15th rock garden. There are 15th rocks in the garden, but you can see only 14th from any direction.It’s a famous ZEN question, you should think about the answer.I like the outside Japanese […]
‘HAKONE MUSEUM’HAKONE museum is the oldest Japanese and eastern pottery museum in HAKONE . It’s also famous for its beautiful Japanese garden. There are 200 MOMIJI( Japanese maple) trees and the green moss which covers the entire garden ground. How to speak easy Japanese The contrast of the red MOMIJI […]
‘OSHINO HAKKAI( Oshino 8 ponds )’ I visited OSHINO HAKKAI ( Oshino 8 ponds ) village which is located in the east skirt of Mt.FUJI. There are 8 ponds where clear groundwater are gushing out . The rain which fell Mt.FUJI purified in underground over 20 years , then come […]
‘KAWAGUCHIKO lake , Mt.FUJI and colorful leaves’I visited KAWAGUCHIKO lake one of the 5 lakes skirt of Mt.FUJI. This lake is famous for its beautiful whole reflection of Mt. FUJI on the surface. Also during colorful leaves season ( middle of November to early December) you could see Mt.FUJI, MOMIJI( […]
‘HOW TO SLURP RAMEN’If you come to Japan you have many chances to eat noodles, like RAMEN , UDON, SOBA, KISHIMEN, SOMEN . These noodles are served by hot and cold .We Japanese eat them by slurping noodles. It’s good to cool down the hot noodles and feel the surface […]
‘OSAKA autumn footage’This is OSAKA castle the symbol of OSAKA. It’s built 1583 but renovated often , today’s castle is rebuilt 1931. You can go up to the top dungeon on foot or by the lift . How to speak easy Japanese The surrounding area is OSAKA CASTLE park, the […]
‘KYOTO hidden colorful leaves spots-3’There are 71 colorful leaves spots in Kyoto. The most of tourists visit the famous, popular temples and shrines which are very busy all the time.I show you some colorful leaves spots which are not so popular still quiet and very beautiful.This temple is NINNAJI temple […]
‘GORA PARK in HAKONE’HAKONE is the huge resort mountain area with many museums, parks , sightseeing boats , cable cars near Tokyo,I drove to GORA PARK in HAKONE watching Mt.Fuji on the way to the park. How to speak easy Japanese There are fountain in the center, observatory, hand craft […]
‘SEA OF COLORFUL LEAVES in Kyoto’I visited TOFUKUJI temple which is founded 1236 , RINZAI -ZEN school. This temple is one of the most popular MOMIJI( Japanese maple) leaves spots in Kyoto or in Japan. The garden is very wide with stream under the valley and all the garden is […]
‘OLD TOWN in Japan, MYOSHINJI temple’I like old towns in Europe so much. There are many famous world heritage sites like Firenze, Avignon , Sienna …But even small cities and villages they have cute , quiet and beautiful old towns . I really love them, when I driving Europe I […]
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