‘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 […]
‘SHOSEIEN Japanese garden’If you don’t have time to go to the famous Japanese gardens in Kyoto I recommend here. It’s just 5 minutes walk from Kyoto station, 2 minutes from HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE.It’s a detached territory of HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE, you had better visit both because there is no garden at the […]
‘HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE 5 minutes walk from Kyoto station’If you don’t have enough time to go sightseeing for famous temples in Kyoto , visit HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE the nearer temple from Kyoto station 5 minutes walk! Was founded 1321, the width 76m, depth 58m , height 38m , the height is shorter […]
‘MINATONO-MIERU OKA( harbor view hill)’is located in Yokohama next to Tokyo.It takes 8 minutes walk from MOTOMACHI-CHUKAGAI STATION of TOKYU LINE. This park is on the hill you can see the view of Yokohama port the biggest port in Japan . The surroundings are calm and quiet nature areas and […]
‘JINDAIJI TEMPLE’is located west part of Tokyo. Was founded AD733 has a bronze Buddha statue of 7th century which is a national treasure . There are a lot of springs around this area because it’s along the low cliff . This area is very calm and quiet atmosphere like suburb […]
‘KISHIN-EN ( Japanese garden)’is located in FUTAGO-TAMAGAWA 14 minutes from Shibuya.This area is next to TAMA river , the biggest river west of Tokyo , which have many springs along the cliff line of this river. This area is a popular residence area of Tokyo, no tourists. This Japanese garden […]
‘KYOTO STATION’is the most modern station in Japan.( even though it’s the most traditional city in Japan!)It’s 16th floors , 60m tall, 470m wide building with department, shops, restaurants and information. 700,000 people use this station everyday, the entrance of the tourists from all over the world and Japan. There […]
‘SHINKANSEN ( bullet train ) ‘ is the first and easiest way to travel Japan. It started 1964 by 220km/hour now 300km/hour . The most impressive thing is it operates every 3-4 minutes, so many .If you get JAPAN RAIL PASS, ( period pass of Japan rail ) , you […]
‘JINDAIJI WATER PLANTS GARDEN’It’s located next to the JINDAIJI temple 40 minutes from center of Tokyo.Inside is very calm and quiet here , preserved the wetland and water plants. There is a boardwalk along the garden, easy to walk . Especially early summer in May , you can see irises […]
‘ATAMI BEACH’ Atami is the famous Onsen resort town 40 minutes Shinkansen ( bullet train ) , 1 hour drive from Tokyo. It’s very popular for locals , 300 onsen hotels ,Ryokans and condominiums , over 6 million people visit every year. There is a beach too, (it’s an artificial […]
This is NIAGARA waterfall in Tokyo at Shinjuku Chuo-Koen ( central park) 10 minutes from Shinjuku west exit, the north part of Tokyo metropolitan government building. I think many people go to Tokyo metropolitan government building 45th floor free observatory.( if you don’t know you should check it!) I recommend […]
‘HOLIDAY OF HOLIDAY,STAY ENOSHIMA’Many people often ask me where to stay in Tokyo while visiting Japan.I answer big terminal towns like SHIBUYA, SHINJUKU, UENO , IKEBUKURO,ASAKUSA…But I sometimes recommend ENOSHIMA to stay , the beach town 1 hour from center of Tokyo. The atmosphere is completely different from center of […]
‘ENOSHIMA WEST BEACH’ is the west part of ENOSHIMA bridge which crosses ENOSHIMA and main land . It’s 1020m long and 150m wide , bit more waves than ENOSHIMA EAST BEACH. It’s said the birth place of Japanese surfing . If the weather is clear you can see Mt.Fuji from […]
‘ENOSHIMA EAST BEACH’ It’s still hot over 30 ℃ in Japan.ENOSHIMA EAST BEACH is located at the east of ENOSHIMA bridge which connects ENOSHIMA and main land . The beach has a long slope for safety swimming and nice wind to enjoy wind surfing . It’s a place TOKYO OLYMPIC […]
‘JOREN WATERFALL’is located the center of Izu peninsula 2 hours from Tokyo.It’s one of the 100 popular waterfalls in Japan, 25m tall 7m width . There is a big free car parking and shops and rest area on the top of the waterfall . If you go down the bottom […]
‘RYUGUKUTSU( Dragon hole)’is located south of Izu peninsula 2 hours 45 minutes from Tokyo.It’s is the hole of the seashore made by the waves . The surroundings is also a big hole too and we can walk up the top to see the view of the big hole . There […]
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