‘MITSUMINE shrine’I visited MITSUMINE shrine in SAITAMA prefecture 2.5 hours from Tokyo. This shrine was founded by YAMATOTAKERU , the son of the emperor KEIKOU in 4-5th century, also said to be a head quarter of SHUGENDO ( fusion of Shinto and Buddhism) in east Japan . The founder of […]
‘NOZAWA ONSEN’I visited NOZAWA ONSEN( natural hot spa) to relax with my family. This is the northern NAGANO prefecture 3.5 hours from Tokyo.This is one of the most popular snow resort in winter, I have visited skiing often since when I was a uni student and with my family. NOZAWA […]
‘YAKUSHIIKE PARK in west Tokyo’I visited YAKUSHI IKE PARK in MACHIDA city the west part of Tokyo. This is a huge nature park with big ponds .I came across the beautiful wisteria trees of white one and purple one . There are YAKUSHIDO temple, traditional buildings, many seasonal flowers like […]
‘SAWANOI-EN open cafe’I visited SAWANOI-EN garden cafe next to TAMA river west part of Tokyo. The cafe is located the open river side , very refreshing.We can hear the sound of stream and birds singing. There are open food court and SAKE tasting floor in the building because this cafe […]
‘UDON of Mt.Fuji’ When I go to Mt.Fuji area , I always enjoy eating YOSHIDA UDON (noodle), which is the famous local food of FUJI-YOSHIDA city. This is the handmade noodle extremely thick and hard texture, I really like it.The skirt of Mr.Fuji area is not good for rice planting […]
‘AZUMINO ALPS park’I visited AZUMINO ALPS park in Nagano prefecture. It’s a huge natural park with seasonal flowers. There are 260000 tulips and big canola flowers area now . AZUMINO city is surrounded by the mountains , the air is very fresh and streams are very clear. We saw Carp […]
‘YOSHIMIZU shrine in YOSHINO, Nara Japan’I visited YOSHIMIZU shrine on my way to the YOSHINO cherry blossom viewing. It’s founded late 7th century by ENNNO-OZUNE, the founder of SHUGENDO( mountain religion the fusion of Shinto and Buddhism).This place showed up in Japanese history some times by the famous historical people, […]
‘Mt.Fuji view trekking’ I enjoyed trekking Mt.Fuji view mountains near Mt.Fuji. These are Mt.MYOJIN 1291m and Mt.TAKAZASHI 1174m. There are close to YAMANAKAKO lake , which is the biggest lake in Mt.Fuji 5 lakes .If you climb up these mountains, you can see Mt.Fuji over YAMAKAKO lake , really beautiful! […]
‘AZALEA FESTIVAL in SHIOFUNE-KANNON temple’I visited SHIOFUNE-KANNON temple in OME , 1 hour 30 minutes from the center of Tokyo . This temple founded AD 645, a nun from WAKASA region ( today’s FUKUI prefecture) offered the gold statue of KANNON Buddha . It’s a SHINGON school Buddhism today, one […]
‘MOTOSU lake near Mt.Fuji’ I visited MOTOSU lake, the third largest lake of Mt.Fuji 5 lakes . It’s the deepest 121m and the clearest12m transparency in 5 lakes.There are several beautiful camping spots around the lake. I recommend’HIROTAKI camp ground’ where you can see Mt.Fuji over the MOTOSU lake in […]
‘Mt.Fuji and the Moss pink festival’ I visited the Moss pink festival at MOTOSU lake near Mt.Fuji. MOTOSU lake is one of the 5 lakes the skirt of Mt.Fuji.It’s the third big lake , the deepest 121m and the clearest, the transparency is 12m below. The scenery of Mt.Fuji from […]
‘RIVERS in Kyoto’There are 2 rivers in Kyoto.One is the KAMO river which flows east part of Kyoto from north to south. If you go to GION district and KIYOMIZU temple area by train , this is the river you come across.The KAMO river flows slowly, the both sides are […]
‘WADAKURA FOUNTAIN PARK’ WADAKURA FOUNTAIN PARK is in between Tokyo station and the imperial palace. It’s built in 1961 as a commemoration of the Emperor Emeritus couple wedding and renovated in 1995 as a commemoration of today’s Emperor couple wedding.It takes 5 minutes walk from Tokyo station through MIYUKI DORI( […]
‘WISTERIA FLOWERS at KAMEIDO TENJIN shrine in Tokyo’I visited KAMEIDO TENJIN shrine in Tokyo. It’s founded 1661, the descendant of SUGAWARA MICHIZANE, the deity of DAZAIFU TENMANGU shrine built here . The whole shape is replicated DAZAIFU TENMANGU which located in KYUSHU Japan.It’s very popular for its wisteria flowers from […]
‘100 cherry blossom spots in Japan, at SAKURA-HONBO temple in YOSHINO ,Nara prefecture’I came across the cute temple with beautiful cherry blossoms on the way to the top of YOSHINO mountain. This temple is SAKURA-HONBO temple, founded AD 673 .This temple has many remains which related to SHUGENDO , the […]
‘NEZU shrine Azalea festival’I visited NEZU shrine to see Azalea flowers. It takes 15 minutes by metro from Tokyo station. NEZU shrine was founded around AD100 , dedicated to the SUSANOO deity, the brother of AMATERASU, the highest sun God of SHINTO.It’s protected by TOKUGAWA SHOGUN family in middle age […]
‘SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM everywhere’If you visit tourist spots in Japan you will find local flavored soft serve ice creams.I ate soft serve ice cream after 4 hours hike to see cherry blossom in YOSHINO mountain in Nara prefecture. This is the Sakura ( cherry blossom) and vanilla flavors mix […]
‘100 cherry blossom spots in Japan, at ARASHIYAMA-KAMEYAMA park’I visited ARASHIYAMA-KAMEYAMA park in ARASHIYAMA Kyoto. It’s next to the famous bamboo forest. The whole park is quiet place good for picnic .You can see the beautiful HOZU river view from the 2 observatories on the cliff .There are some benches, […]
‘100 cherry blossom spots in Japan, at YOSHINO in Nara ‘I climbed YOSHINO mountain in Nara prefecture 2 hours from Osaka. It’s very popular for Japanese people by its 30000 cherry blossoms from the bottom of the mountain to the top . It blooms from late March to the middle […]
‘100 cherry blossom spots in Japan, at KONKAIKOMYOJI temple in Kyoto’I visited KONKAIKOMYOJI temple in Kyoto. It’s founded 1175 by the founder of JODO Buddha school.It’s located in the north east of Kyoto and has a huge precinct with big halls and 3 storied pagoda. It’s not a popular temple […]
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