‘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 […]
‘HOW TO ENJOY FUSHIMI-INARI SHRINE’FUSHIMI-INARI shrine is the main shrine of over 30000 INARI SHRINES in Japan. INARI literally means ‘ rice harvest’, the symbol of harvest, prosperity , wealth and business success. If you pray here and have a good results, people donate the TORII gate even small one […]
‘BEAUTY OF NATURE’These are footages of OZE wetland national park in Tochigi prefecture where I trekked. OZE national park is a well preserved mountain area which has a huge wetland and nice view mountains.There are many photo opportunities in this park ! 1: Huge wetland2: Beautiful lake3: Clear stream4: Small […]
‘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 […]
‘MORINO TERCE cafe in MEIJI SHRINE’If you visit MEIJI SHRINE, you have to walk a lot . Because shrine area is huge and main hall is 10 minutes walk from the entrance TORII gate . There are 100,000 big trees , you feel like you’re in the forest inside the […]
‘CONTEMPORARY ART’This is the art event ’ YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE ‘ in Yokohama which is held every 3 years. Many contemporary artists present their master pieces . Not only this one , but there are many art events are happening all the time in Tokyo area . If you like art […]
‘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 […]
‘SHIBUTSU-SAN’SHIBUTSU-SAN is 2228m tall one of the ‘100 great mountains ‘ in Japan. It faces to the OZE wetland, has a 360 degree panoramic view from the top . It’s famous for its highland flowers in summer and colorful leaves in autumn. It takes 3 hours to the top from […]
‘SHIBA INU as a family’Shiba Inu is one of the most popular pets in Japanese family . The hight is 35-40cm as an adult, proper size for Japanese house . 80% of dog owners have Shiba Inu .Akita is also popular but 65-70cm tall and a bit big in ordinary […]
‘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 […]
‘PONDS in OZE wetland ‘There are many ponds from big one to small ones in OZE wetland . Small ones called ‘CHITOU’ which only formed in the wetland sometimes have the floating plants island. There are 1800 CHITOU in OZE wetland.They often have seasonal flowers on them , also have […]
‘WILD ANIMALS’If you travel Japan you have many chances to see the cute animals in cat cafe , dog cafe , owl cafe , rabbit cafe etc… But if you travel nature area you may see Japanese wild animals too.Most likely‘Japanese monkey’ ‘ wild boar ‘ ‘ wild deer ‘ […]
‘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 […]
‘OMAMORI( amulet, lucky charm)’Have you bought OMAMORI( amulet, lucky charm) in shrine or Buddha temple in Japan? It’s a common culture we buy OMAMORI at shrines and Buddha temples when we visit there .OMAMORI literally means ’ protect ‘. It’s date back to 10th century HEIAN era and had been […]
‘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. […]
‘BENTO in Kyoto’ In Japan we often eat BENTO , a portable lunch ( also lunch box itself)which can carry outside , at schools, offices , train journey, picnic in the parks. It’s a common tradition when we eat outside and while traveling. It’s often made in house for school […]
‘Water mill ‘ Do you like a water mill ? I like it very much. There were 1190 water mills in Tokyo area 100 years ago to use them as a power to thresh and grind the crops by farmers. But it’s reduced rapidly by replacing other powers .Today still […]
‘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 […]
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