‘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 […]
‘HALLOWEEN IN JAPAN’Halloween sales battle has started in Japan! I bought this mask at DAISO( 1 dollar shop ) . Halloween has become a big event in Japan similar size as Valentine’s Day . The main feature is costume play not like ‘ trick or treat’ . People dress up […]
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 […]
‘OMURICE ( omelet and fried rice)’OMURICE is a very popular Japanese food with mix of French omelet and fried rice. It’s developed in early 20 century by several YOUSHOKU( Japanese western food ) restaurants. It’s basically ketchup fried rice covered by thin grilled fried egg. They put demiglace source on […]
‘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 […]
‘IROUZAKI PIER’is located at the south most of Izu peninsula 3 hours 15 minutes from Tokyo. It has a dynamic view of Pacific Ocean , wild cliff and shrine . On the top of the pier , there is a light house, shrine and observatory of Pacific Ocean. There is […]
‘YUMIGAHAMA BEACH’ This is my favorite beach ! It’s one of the top 100 beaches of Japan in south of IZU peninsula 3 hours from Tokyo , not so crowded and atmosphere is very quiet and peaceful. YUMIGAHAMA literally means’ Bow beach’ from its round bow shape . There are […]
‘GOSHIKI-NUMA( 5 colors ponds )’is a national park located in the skirt of Mt.BANDAI active volcano in Fukushima prefecture. There are 30 beautiful dammed lakes formed by the eruption of volcano 1888.The colors of the water varies from green, blue , brown that’s why it’s called 5 colors ponds . […]
‘LOOKS NATURAL’This is the open air bath in YAHATAYA RYOKAN in Fukushima prefecture. This is one of my favorite open air bathes , really relaxing and refreshing.It looks as if these are natural rocks and slope. But it’s well designed same as other Japanese arts and crafts .We try to […]
‘NATURE AND RELIGION’This shrine is FUTARASAN SHRINE, the object of worship is Mt.SHIRANE behind, the active volcano. In SHINTOISM ( Japanese indigenous religion) the object of worship is sometimes big rock , mountain, waterfall, ocean, river , big tree . These are thought as the border between sacred world and […]
‘ROOM MAID’In traditional RYOKAN ( Japanese traditional hotel) , there is a‘ROOM MAID’for you. She is our room maid of our stay in YAHATAYA RYOKAN in FUKUSHIMA prefecture.This hotel is very famous for its one of the top hospitality from the result of the pole of Japanese professional hotel people. […]
‘2MEALS ARE INCLUDED IN JAPANESE RYOKAN( traditional hotel )’If you stay Japanese traditional Ryokan, dinner and breakfast are included basically. So you had better check it when you book them. This is our dinner room and dinner in YAHATAYA RYOKAN in Fukushima prefecture. We stayed last year here , enjoyed […]
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