‘SHINJUKU GYOEN PARK’Shinjuku gyoen park is located 10 minutes walk from Shinjuku station . How to speak easy Japanese It was a SAMURAI residence in feudal age, converted as imperial botanical garden 1879. Now it’s open for public. There are 1300 cherry trees, very famous for HANAMI( cherry blossom viewing) […]
‘South IZU in IZU peninsula ‘IZU peninsula is one of my favorite relax area on weekends. It located 1.5 -3 hours from Tokyo by car and by train. It’s said IZU peninsula was the island of Pacific Ocean 200 million years ago, moved north by the force of the pacific […]
‘KYU-FURUKAWA garden’There are several popular Japanese gardens which preserved by Tokyo metropolitan government.This is KYU-FURUKAWA garden one of them , which is famous for its beautiful rose follows blooming in spring. The main building is western style and the rose garden is western style too. But also there is a […]
‘OSAKA night footage, OSAKA station’I went to OSAKA station on business. OSAKA is the main city of west part of Japan with 2.7 million residents. The grater OSAKA has 12 million residents. The eternal rival of Tokyo. OSAKA is one of the oldest cities in Japan than Kyoto , full […]
‘XMAS in Japan’We celebrate Xmas too , not for religious reason but it’s a present season for children by Santa Claus! Of course it’s a big merchandising chance for department stores , shopping center and every stores.We don’t have Turkey in Japan, only in COSTCO if you need it. So […]
‘Tokyo night footage, Tokyo station’ If you like illustration, Tokyo is the place you shouldn’t miss. Many popular illustration events are canceled due to corona this year.Still there are many places you enjoy them. There is also beautifully illuminated NAKADORI road which is crossing MIYUKI road . You can see […]
‘Tokyo autumn footage-4. RIKUGIEN garden’The colorful leaves are still many in Tokyo area . How to speak easy Japanese This is RIKUGIEN garden in canter of Tokyo. You go to Komagome station 18 minutes from Tokyo station, then walk 5 minutes to this garden. It’s founded 1695 as a garden […]
‘OCEAN VIEW MUSEUM’I visited MOA( Mokichi Okada association) museum in ATAMI 40 minutes bullet train from Tokyo. It’s a private museum of huge scale located on the hill top of ATAMI ,Shizuoka prefecture.You go up 60m on the hill by long 7 tunnel escalators to the museum hall . You […]
‘DAISO( 1 dollar shop) luxury goods ‘DAISO is the biggest 100yen ( 1 dollar) shop chain which has over 3000 shops in Japan, over 2000 shops overseas in 26 countries. You can buy everything by 100 yen ( 1 dollar) and Japanese souvenirs too! I highly recommend you buy Japanese […]
‘SANKEI-EN Japanese garden in Yokohama’ SANKEI-EN is the big Japanese garden which has 17 traditional buildings including 3 storied pagoda, museum, cafes , big pond , hill, and valley inside . It’s founded 1906 by Mr.SANKEI HARA, the rich silk business man.The atmosphere is very open, calm and quiet even […]
‘SUNSET’Japan is surrounded by Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan. So there are many nice view points to see the beautiful sunset . Many of these famous sunset tourist spots have hotels and Ryokans ( traditional Japanese hotel). But even the unknown places we can see beautiful sunset all over […]
‘How to enjoy HAKONE’If you go to HAKONE which is one of the nearest resorts of Tokyo, you can get on the several different transportations . The first is train to HAKONE from Tokyo , then cable car , rope way , boat and bus . But if you but […]
‘Hidden colorful leaves spot in Kyoto, RYOANJI temple’RYOANJI temple is the world famous ZEN temple with mysterious 15th rock garden. There are 15th rocks in the garden, but you can see only 14th from any direction.It’s a famous ZEN question, you should think about the answer.I like the outside Japanese […]
‘HAKONE MUSEUM’HAKONE museum is the oldest Japanese and eastern pottery museum in HAKONE . It’s also famous for its beautiful Japanese garden. There are 200 MOMIJI( Japanese maple) trees and the green moss which covers the entire garden ground. How to speak easy Japanese The contrast of the red MOMIJI […]
‘OSHINO HAKKAI( Oshino 8 ponds )’ I visited OSHINO HAKKAI ( Oshino 8 ponds ) village which is located in the east skirt of Mt.FUJI. There are 8 ponds where clear groundwater are gushing out . The rain which fell Mt.FUJI purified in underground over 20 years , then come […]
‘KAWAGUCHIKO lake , Mt.FUJI and colorful leaves’I visited KAWAGUCHIKO lake one of the 5 lakes skirt of Mt.FUJI. This lake is famous for its beautiful whole reflection of Mt. FUJI on the surface. Also during colorful leaves season ( middle of November to early December) you could see Mt.FUJI, MOMIJI( […]
‘HOW TO SLURP RAMEN’If you come to Japan you have many chances to eat noodles, like RAMEN , UDON, SOBA, KISHIMEN, SOMEN . These noodles are served by hot and cold .We Japanese eat them by slurping noodles. It’s good to cool down the hot noodles and feel the surface […]
‘OSAKA autumn footage’This is OSAKA castle the symbol of OSAKA. It’s built 1583 but renovated often , today’s castle is rebuilt 1931. You can go up to the top dungeon on foot or by the lift . How to speak easy Japanese The surrounding area is OSAKA CASTLE park, the […]
‘KYOTO hidden colorful leaves spots-3’There are 71 colorful leaves spots in Kyoto. The most of tourists visit the famous, popular temples and shrines which are very busy all the time.I show you some colorful leaves spots which are not so popular still quiet and very beautiful.This temple is NINNAJI temple […]
‘GORA PARK in HAKONE’HAKONE is the huge resort mountain area with many museums, parks , sightseeing boats , cable cars near Tokyo,I drove to GORA PARK in HAKONE watching Mt.Fuji on the way to the park. How to speak easy Japanese There are fountain in the center, observatory, hand craft […]
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