‘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 […]
‘BLACK EGG ,7YEARS LIVE LONGER’Me and my family visited HAKONE, one of the popular tourist spots near Tokyo to enjoy autumn scenery.On the way we dropped at OOWAKUDANI sulphur valley in HAKONE mountain which is an active volcanic mountain area . They sell ‘ black egg ‘ in the shop […]
‘TOKYO autumn footage’ I visited INOKASHIRA park , KICHIJOJI in Tokyo.This is one of the urban parks in Tokyo with big green areas, pond , small waterfowl area , small zoo , row boats and Ghibli museum!It’s only 10 minutes walk from JR KICHIJOJI station but whole area is very […]
‘KYOTO hidden colorful leaves spots’There are 71 colorful leaves spots in Kyoto. The most of the 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 […]
‘How to walk DOUTONBORI in OSAKA at night’ I went to Osaka my home area west part of Japan. I’m originally near here speak dialect of this area, Kansai-Ben( dialect ) .I love the atmosphere of DOUTONBORI on the canal side middle of OSAKA, very random, chaotic and fun !! […]
‘KIYOMIZU temple what to do ?-2’I visited KIYOMIZU temple in Kyoto.KIYOMIZU temple was founded AD778 , it’s one of the 17 UNESCO world heritage sites in Kyoto. I introduce you fortune telling of love here .If you walk through the main hall, turn left . There is a cute ‘JISHU […]
‘KIYOMIZU temple what to see?-1’I visited KIYOMIZU temple in Kyoto.KIYOMIZU temple was founded AD778 , it’s one of the 17 UNESCO world heritage sites in Kyoto.It’s located on the hill of east mountain of Kyoto. It’s also one of the 71 colorful leaves spots in Kyoto.I show you some tourist […]
‘KYOTO KIYOMIZU temple autumn’I visited KIYOMIZU temple in Kyoto. KIYOMIZU temple was founded AD778 , it’s one of the 17 UNESCO world heritage sites in Kyoto.It’s located on the hill of east mountain of Kyoto.You should walk up 30 minutes from the HANKYU train KAWARAMACHI station. On the way you […]
‘KYOTO GION’I visited Kyoto to see autumn scenery. Me and my wife like Kyoto sooo much visited over 100 times but never get bored .Because there are 2000 shrines and temples , the scenery changes up to the season dramatically.I show you the surrounding area of GION district.It starts from […]
‘How to enjoy SHOWA KINEN PARK-2’ SHOWA KINEN PARK is built 1983 as a 50years anniversary of emperor SHOWA’s rein at TACHIKAWA city in west part of Tokyo. The area is huge because it was a airport before, 5 train stations can access this park .This park is also planned […]
‘AFURI shrine one of the hidden colorful leaves spots near Tokyo’I visited AFURI shrine one of the hidden colorful leaves spots near Tokyo. This shrine is located on the entrance of Mt.OOYAMA trekking route in Kanagawa prefecture next to Tokyo , the last station of the cable car from the […]
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