Yokoso! Japan Weeks 1: Free Guide Interpreting Service

January 10, 2008 - 10:42 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Food, Others, Travel  

Yokoso! Japan Weeks will start on Jan.20 (to Feb.29), to attract more visitors from overseas, with variety of events and services.
One of them is Free Guide Interpreting Service, in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Hiroshima.
Please check the detail at this page.
Other than free guide interpreting service, there’re special service such as discount at hotels [...]

World Peace Praying Sites of Nagasaki; as one of the two A-bombed cities following Hiroshima & `White Light/Black Rain’

August 8, 2007 - 6:27 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

August 9th is the special memorial day for Nagasaki, for it is one of the two A-bombed city in the world, following Hiroshima in 1945, at the end of WW2.
To remember the tragedy of war, to decide not to make that happen again, praying for the eternal world peace, there are two memorial parks, [...]

Hiroshima

March 20, 2006 - 4:23 pm by Up and Down Japan in Travel  

Hiroshima. Entering the city by car, it seemed pretty much the same as any other big city in Japan. When Hiroshima-jo (Hiroshima Castle) came into view, we stopped to take a look. Like the handful of other castles we’ve seen on this trip, we didn’t enter it or even get close enough for a decent [...]