‘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 […]
‘MIHAMAEN Japanese garden’I came across the beautiful Japanese garden MAKUHARI in CHIBA prefecture next to Tokyo. It’s founded 1997 when the MAKUHARI MESSE exhibition center started. There is a quiet pond and beautiful Japanese tea house , the atmosphere is almost your in Kyoto. The entrance fee is 100 yen […]
‘MAKUHARI SEASIDE PARK’MAKUHARI MESSE is the big business exhibition place like TOKYO MOTER SHOW,TOKYO GAME SHOW, NICO NICO SUPER CONFERENCE etc… I’ve been here many times but found a beautiful park just 10 minutes walk for the first time .MAKUHARI SEASIDE PARK is a huge urban park with Flower clock […]
‘SHIBUYA CROSSING free view spots‘ If you plan to travel Japan especially Tokyo , you’ll find that SHIBUYA crossing is the icon of modern and dynamic Tokyo . This crossing is the bottom of the 5 roads ( these roads are valleys ) and at most 3000 people cross every […]
‘LANDMARK-TOWER’This tall tower is YOKOHAMA LANDMARK TOWER 296.33m the second tallest building in Japan. ( tallest is ABENO HARUKASU in Osaka 300m). Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo , has 3.8 million residents. It takes 20-30 minutes by train from Tokyo.Yokohama opened as a port city […]
‘MOUNTAIN HUT in OZE’I stayed the mountain hut SHIBUTSU-SANSOU while trekking in OZE wetland. There are 20 mountain huts in OZE trekking area. It costs 9000yen ( 90 dollars) 1 night with dinner and breakfast. There are TATAMI rooms as traditional Japanese style and bunk beds .There is a bath […]
‘The first colorful leaves in OZE national park ‘I trekked OZE national park to see the early colorful leaves. This is one of the 34 national parks in Japan, well preserved the original conditions carefully. OZE is the biggest wetland in Japan formed by volcano dammed river 10000 years ago. […]
‘Night train to OZE ‘OZE is the biggest wetland of Japan which formed 10000 years ago by volcano dammed river . The size is 6km ,3km the elevation is 1400m high ,surrounded by 4 over 2000m tall mountains. It’s one of the 34 national parks of Japan.This area and surrounding […]
‘HIGANBANA in FUCHU local forest museum’I went to the FUCHU local forest museum in west part of Tokyo. It is a huge natural park and museum especially focus on the local culture.It’s not a tourist spot for foreign tourists but many Japanese people enjoy here . It’s the blooming season […]
‘HIGANBANA( heavenly flower)RED SPIDER LILY’ Is this Heaven? No it’s in Japan. Autumn flowers have started blooming recently. The first one is HIGANBANA( heavenly flower), red spider Lily. It is a welcome flower from summer to early autumn in Japan.There are many famous red spider lily blooming fields around Tokyo […]
‘SHRINE FOR WOMEN’I came across ICHIHIME shrine near Kyoto station. It’s founded AD795 famous as ‘ Shrine for women’ . It’s really small shrine but it protects women and said has a majestic power.Especially women for 1: get a good fiancé 2: get a baby 3: have a smooth delivery […]
‘MIURA BEACH’ is 1 hour drive or 1 hour 30 minutes train from Tokyo.It’s a 10km long and sand is whiter than ENOSHIMA. The slope is a bit sharp compare to ENOSHIMA, so more young couples and adults here. There is no itchy jellyfish which often appear late summer in […]
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