‘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 […]
‘OOYAMA temple’I visited OOYAMA temple in Kanagawa prefecture next to Tokyo.It’s one of the hidden colorful leaves spots near Tokyo. This temple is located in the half way of the OOYAMA cable car to Mt.OOYAMA trekking entrance.It’s founded AD755 as the Buddha temple but there are many ruins of prehistoric […]
‘KATORI shrine’ I visited KATORI shrine in Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo. It is the main shrine of 400 KATORI shrines all over Japan. It’s said that founded 2600 years ago when the first emperor JINMU was enthroned and still one of the most important shrines which the imperial court […]
‘SMALL TRADITIONAL AREA’I came across the SAWARA traditional area in Chiba prefecture next to Tokyo. There are traditional over 100 years old houses along the small river and registered as one of ‘Japan heritage’ which is approved by Agency of cultural affairs of Japan. The atmosphere is very calm and […]
‘LOCAL TOURIST SPOT’ ‘OOARAI-ISOSAKI shrine.’I visited OOARAI-ISOSAKI shrine in Ibaraki prefecture. It’s founded AD 856 , God appeared this seashore which is written in the imperial book of that century . The main shrine is huge and located on the top of the hill near the seashore. But the TORII […]
‘HIDDEN ZEN GARDEN’ I came across the hidden ZEN garden KOMYO-IN in Kyoto. It’s founded 1391 walking distance from TOFUKUJI temple , famous for its colorful leaves in autumn. Many famous ZEN gardens of Kyoto like RYOANJI , TOFUKUJI, NANZENJI are very crowded by tourists, often lack of ZEN feeling.But […]
‘Hidden best view spot of Mt.FUJI over the lake in HAKONE’ Mt.FUJI and red TORII gate are the nice matching especially over the lake. Many Japanese tourists and foreign tourists visit HAKONE to see this view . But if you see this view from the port or sightseeing boat , […]
‘DOUGASHIMA’I visited DOIGASHIMA in west IZU peninsula 3 hours from Tokyo. There is no train this area only car can access here .But still very popular for Japanese people because of its nice sceneries of the seashore , rocky cliffs , big cave at the coast and Onsens ( natural […]
‘HOW TO ENJOY FUSHIMI-INARI SHRINE-3’If you walk through 1000 TORII GATES of FUSHIMI-INARI shrine, you will arrive small square with prayer building . You walk to behind the prayer building , you will find 2 stone lanterns. On top of the stone lanterns there are 2 stone balls we can […]
‘HOW TO ENJOY FUSHIMI-INARI SHRINE-2’If you start walking the red TORII GATES of FUSHIMI-INARI shrine, you will find the 2 pathways in front of you. It’s called 1000 TORII GATES and the symbol of the shrine by its mysterious 2 dense raws of TORII GATES. These 2 pathways are thought […]
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