‘Early spring footages in OGOSE plum garden next to Tokyo’OGOSE plum garden is one of the 3 famous plum gardens in Tokyo area . 1: KAIRAKUEN in IBARAKI prefecture2: ATAMI BAIEN in KANAGAWA prefecture3: OGOSE BAITIN in SAITAMA prefecture There are 1000 plum trees in this garden, also surrounding area […]
‘SHIBA PARK next to Tokyo tower’SHIBA park is the city park next to Tokyo Tower and ZOJOJI temple in the center of Tokyo. How to speak easy Japanese It is a precinct of ZOJOJI temple but due to the separation of the politics and religion policy,the surrounding area has converted […]
‘ARASAKI PARK’ ARASAKI PARK is the seashore park at west MIURA peninsula. It’s located on the Pacific Ocean and has a nice view of Mt.Fuji and the IZU peninsula on a fine day. There are YUHI no OKA( subset hill), PICNIC no OKA( picnic hill), SIOSAI no OKA( sound of […]
‘SOREIYU no OKA( Soleil hill) ‘SOREIYU no OKA is a big nature park in the west MIURA peninsula.It’s famous for its canola flowers in this season. It’s free and you can enjoy it like below. 1: Flower garden. It changes up to the season, canola flower, nemophila , sun flower, […]
‘ROKA PARK’ROKA park is the city park west of Tokyo, 20 minutes from SHINJUKU station to ROKA PARK station. ROKA TOKUTOMI is the famous author of early 19s of Japan.This place was his residence. After ROKA passed away, his wife donated the residence and the garden to Tokyo city 1938. […]
‘EARLY CHERRY BLOSSOM in Tokyo’I came across the early cherry blossom, KAWAZU ZAKURA in HAPPOEN in the center of Tokyo. How to speak easy Japanese HAPPOEN is the restaurant and wedding facility with huge Japanese garden 15 minutes walk from JR MEGURO station.It was a SAURAI residence during the feudal […]
‘Mt.MIURA-FUJI’I climbed Mt.MIURAFUJI at MIURA peninsula.It’s just 183m high but we can see the dynamic view of the Pacific Ocean from the top. How to speak easy Japanese There is a cute JIZO Buddha statue that protects travelers.Japanese mountains are always connected to the old beliefs . We Japanese often […]
‘HIKING in YUGAWARA’ YUGAWARA is the entrance hill of IZU peninsula near Tokyo.It takes 1 hour 40 minutes from Tokyo.This area faces the Pacific Ocean and has a nice view. There are many trekking courses this area.I went to the Mt. MAKUWANA course which has a big plum garden on […]
TAKEYAMA FUDO temple is a small Buddha temple on top of the Mt.TAKEYAMA 200m high in MIURA peninsula. It’s low hill but it has a 360 degrees view from the top because surrounding area is very flat . This area is only 1 hour train from Tokyo but fairy warm […]
‘SOUTH MIURA PENINSULA SEASHORE walking course’I enjoyed the seashore walking at south MIURA peninsula from MATSWA to JOGASHIMA island for 4 hours. How to speak easy Japanese There is a lot of hiking and walking courses at hills, mountains, city areas, and seashores in Japan. At the seashore walking, you […]
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