‘UENO PARK cherry blossom from the boat’I enjoyed cherry blossom from the boat in UENO PARK. UENO PARK is one of the most popular HANAMI ( cherry blossom viewing) places in Tokyo. There is a huge SAKURA-DORI( cherry blossom pedestrian road) in the main street. But I show you another […]
Shiba Inu is the traditional Japanese dog the history is date back to the JOMON period ( BC 16000-3000) . Japanese people has been treated Shiba Inu as a intimate friend , found the Shiba Inu bones in the remains of the JOMON period with a special place not the […]
I’m at SHINJUKU GYOEN park and enjoying cherry blossom!!SHINJUKU-GYOEN park was the SAMURAI residence in middle age , changed as the botanical garden 1879, converted as the publiccity park 1949. There are1:Two Japanese gardens( big and small)2: English garden3: French garden4: Green houseThere are 1300 cherry trees in the garden.I […]
‘CAFE with cherry blossom’‘Du parc’ is the French restaurant next to the TEIEN ( garden)museum in MEGURO. The window is very wide , you can enjoy the cherry blossom and cosy atmosphere at the same time. You can order cafe and food both .The coffee is 660yen( 6.6 dollars) and […]
‘ONE LOVE’ ( wan love)Japanese dog barks ‘wan-wan’ it’s same pronunciation as ‘ one-one’.Yes this is a pun, like ‘ dog love’. They bark ‘ bow-wow’ in English though. What is Shiba Inu?https://nobu-tokyo.com/shiba-inu-traditional-japanese-dog/ Dog’s diet nobu-tokyo.comI’m Nobu, one heart enjoy together!!!
‘SAKURA EXPLOSION at TOKYO MIDTOWN’ SAKURA EXPLOSION ( cherry blossom full bloom) has spread many places in Japan!I came across the beautiful SAKURA EXPLOSION at TOKYO MIDTOWN! TOKYO MIDTOWN area was the SAMURAI residence in middle age, changed as an army ground 1873, renovated as a big complex building TOKYO […]
‘ENJOY CHERRY BLOSSOM from the boat ‘ CHIDORIGAFUCHI is the northwest part of the imperial palace moat. This area is one of the most popular HANAMI ( cherry blossom viewing) places in Tokyo.I recommend you get on the boat at the moat.It’s a nice choice to enjoy viewing cherry blossom […]
‘CAFE with cherry blossom’ KNOX cafe in TOKYO MIDTOWN offers a beautiful cherry blossom view from the terrace! TOKYO MIDTOWN area was the SAMURAI residence in middle age, changed as an army ground 1873, renovated as a big complex building TOKYO MIDTOWN 2007.There are restaurants, hotels, museum, residence area, medical […]
Bonsai art Tokyo I came across the beautiful weeping cherry blossom Bonsai at TOKYO MIDTOWN in Roppongi Tokyo. TOKYO MIDTOWN area was the SAMURAI residence in middle age, changed as a army ground 1873, renovated as big complex building as TOKYO MIDTOWN 2007. There are restaurants, hotels, museum, residence area, […]
‘SAKURA EXPLOSION at YOYOGI park’ SAKURA EXPLOSION has started in Tokyo!I was at YOYOGI park. YOYOGI park is the big city park in HARAJUKU Tokyo.This area was a SAMURAI residence in middle age , changed as a army ground 1909, owed US after WW2 until 1964, used Olympic village 1964 […]
‘SAKURA EXPLOSION has started!’SAKURA ( cherry blossom) explosion has started in Tokyo! The cherry blossom begun flowering 14th March this year, 12 days earlier than normal year .I visited SHINJUKU-GYOEN park, one of the popular HANAMI ( cherry blossom viewing) spots in Tokyo. SHINJUKU-GYOEN area was the SAMURAI residence in […]
SAKURADA TATSUMI WATCHTOWER is the remains of 400 years old EDO castle. It takes 10 minutes walk from Tokyo station.It’s one of the best photo shoot place around the imperial palace.You can enjoy the contrast of modern Tokyo and traditional EDO( old name of Tokyo) here . I’m Nobu, one […]
‘KATSU CURRY lunch at snow resort’I ate KATSU CURRY ( curry with pork cutlet) at the rest area OLE of GALA YUZAWA SNOW RESORT. KATSU CURRY is the popular dish for lunch in Japan.They are served very quickly because the roux of curry is reserved already.Also the pork cutlet is […]
‘GALA YUZAWA SNOW RESORT-2’ I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN. GALA YUZAWA station is the SHINKANSEN ( bullet train) station during winter season from 12th December to 5th May.There are direct trains from Tokyo , the fastest one is only 74 minutes.If you get off the gate , […]
‘GALA YUZAWA SNOW RESORT-1’ I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN. GALA YUZAWA station is the SHINKANSEN ( bullet train) station during winter season from 12th December to 5th May.There are direct trains from Tokyo , the fastest one is only 74 minutes.If you get off the gate , […]
‘DAY TRIP TO SNOW RESORT FROM TOKYO’YUZAWA area in NIGATA prefecture is a popular snow resort area which has 12 snow resorts with ONSEN, some of them operate ski World Cup . Most of them are accessible within 2 hours from Tokyo.I visited GALA YUZAWA snow resort by SHINKANSEN.GALA YUZAWA […]
‘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( […]
‘SAITO GOMA, extinguish our lust ‘I attended SAITO GOMA ritual at TAKAOSAN-YAKUOUIN temple in Tokyo. It’s the ritual of esoteric Buddhism only in Japan. The original history could be the long time ago when human kind firstly found out the fire. The similar ritual is in the Hindu religion as […]
‘SHUNKA-EN BONSAI MUSEUM ‘I visited SHUNKAEN BONSAI MUSEUM in Tokyo. It’s founded 2002 by KUNIO KOBAYASHI , the famous Bonsai artist who won the prime minister’s prize 4 times . How to care Bonsai? He made the over 100 million yen ( 1 million dollars) Bonsai often.The museum has Japanese […]
‘OTAFUKU, is she beautiful?’This is MIZONOKUCHI shrine in KAWASAKI city next to Tokyo. These 2 faces are ‘ OTAFUKU’ which is the lucky symbol of Japan. OTAFUKU( お多福)literary means ‘ many lucks’.( It sometimes means the uglywoman too…)It represents the women’s lucky face. The shape is round , big cheek […]
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