‘SHRINE FOR WOMEN’I came across ICHIHIME shrine near Kyoto station. It’s founded AD795 famous as ‘ Shrine for women’ . It’s really small shrine but it protects women and said has a majestic power.Especially women for 1: get a good fiancé 2: get a baby 3: have a smooth delivery […]
‘HIGAN , AUTUMNAL EQUINOX DAY’Autumnal equinox day is 19-25th September. The middle day is the national holiday in Japan. It is the day the length of daytime and nighttime is the same. In Buddhism we call it HIGAN, the day this world and other world get closer , so we […]
‘MIURA BEACH’ is 1 hour drive or 1 hour 30 minutes train from Tokyo.It’s a 10km long and sand is whiter than ENOSHIMA. The slope is a bit sharp compare to ENOSHIMA, so more young couples and adults here. There is no itchy jellyfish which often appear late summer in […]
‘JAPAN OPENS the border partially for all over the world from October ‘Japanese government plan to open the border for business people, people to stay more than 3 months , every foreign students except ‘tourists’( sadly)for all over the world from early October. Japan already has opened the border for […]
‘SHOSEIEN Japanese garden’If you don’t have time to go to the famous Japanese gardens in Kyoto I recommend here. It’s just 5 minutes walk from Kyoto station, 2 minutes from HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE.It’s a detached territory of HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE, you had better visit both because there is no garden at the […]
‘LONGEVITY’21st September is ‘Respect for the aged ‘ day ,the national holiday in Japan. We pay respect for the aged their efforts supporting the society long time and celebrate their longevity. We present our parents, grand parents for celebration , showing gratitude and eat out together. On this day there […]
‘HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE 5 minutes walk from Kyoto station’If you don’t have enough time to go sightseeing for famous temples in Kyoto , visit HIGASHI-HONGANJI TEMPLE the nearer temple from Kyoto station 5 minutes walk! Was founded 1321, the width 76m, depth 58m , height 38m , the height is shorter […]
‘MINATONO-MIERU OKA( harbor view hill)’is located in Yokohama next to Tokyo.It takes 8 minutes walk from MOTOMACHI-CHUKAGAI STATION of TOKYU LINE. This park is on the hill you can see the view of Yokohama port the biggest port in Japan . The surroundings are calm and quiet nature areas and […]
‘JINDAIJI TEMPLE’is located west part of Tokyo. Was founded AD733 has a bronze Buddha statue of 7th century which is a national treasure . There are a lot of springs around this area because it’s along the low cliff . This area is very calm and quiet atmosphere like suburb […]
‘TRAFFIC RULES IN THE STATION ‘If you come to Japan you always use train in Tokyo, other parts of Japan.You have to notice that traffic rules are well organized in Japan. As the video shows if you get off the train you should get on line the stairs and escalator. […]
‘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 […]
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