Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Hokkaido “Enjoy great outdoors by Canoe in Lake Kussharo” [北海道屈斜路湖で大自然の中をカヌーでゆく]

August 13, 2008 - 6:32 pm by katchaman in Others  

 We enjoyed playing Canoe in Lake Kussharo and River Kushiro. It was a great time! I can recommend this course. If you like, please contact this. 
Nature Therapy Produce ATREYU http://www.atreyu.info/ Tel: 015-484-2455
 
 
   
   
 
   

Noboribetsu hot spring (Hokkaido) “Kodaman’s J-Trip”

July 2, 2008 - 12:59 pm by kodaman in Travel  

On early June, I visited Sapporo,Hokkaido for my work as a event’s MC.
At the next day of the event, I and my friends went to Noboribetsu  by using a gorgeous bus served by Cool star corp. It took for about 90 min to go to Noboribetsu area from Sapporo by bus.
Our tour started from 9:30 [...]

Gomar’s The Beautiful JAPAN Hoheikan (Historical Guest House) at Sapporo

January 16, 2008 - 3:33 pm by Gomar in Culture, Others, Travel  

Hoheikan is in the Nakajima park, and is the first western style’s hotel in Hokkaido and an important building of the Meiji period.
Hoheikan is chiefly used as a Wedding Hall. Besides, there are a coffee shop, a photograph pavilion, and a restaurant of the reservation system. The visit of internal is free.

The inside becomes [...]

Gomar’s The Beautiful JAPAN Shakotan Peninsula,Hokkaidō

November 28, 2007 - 11:17 am by Gomar in Others, Travel  

This is Shakotan Peninsula (積丹半島, Shakotan hantō).
Shakotan Peninsula is located in the northwest of Sapporo,Hokkaidō.
Though it was the sea of Hokkaido, The transparency of the sea was like the sea of Okinawa.
Shimamui Shore(島武意海岸,Shimamui kaigan). Here is chosen as “100 selections of Japanese beaches”.

Kamui Cape(神威岬,Kamui misaki)

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Hokkaido Kitami-shi”Amazing experience at Kitami”

November 18, 2007 - 4:58 pm by katchaman in Others  

I have visited Kitami-shi, Hokkaido on business.
Kitami City  are set amid beautiful natural surroundings that [...]

With the Style, Artistic Californian Resort Hotel in Hakata/Fukuoka

August 11, 2007 - 11:39 am by akko@hakata in Food, Travel  

If you’re seeking a most sophisticated hotel in Hakata (Fukuoka), my recommendation would be With the Style, an artistic Californians style resort hotel near Hakata Station. You can stay or just visit for lunch to escape from the city’s heat wave.

Food is wonderful, with the Western look and Japanese taste.
(Hakata/Fukuoka is on the sea, gifted [...]

Cool yourself with `Shirokuma’, white-bear-ice!

August 10, 2007 - 7:56 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others  

Shirokuma literally means white bear, but here it means a bowl of shaved ice with condensed milk syrop and freezed colourful fruits.

It is a speciality of Kagoshima, as I introduced in my previous article as the mecca of Shochu, distilled spirit.
Kagoshima’s summer is realy hot, since it places in the southernmost prefecture of Kyushu Island, [...]

Cool yourself with Shochu-on-the-rock? Shochu (Distilled Spirit) boom of Kagoshima

August 9, 2007 - 6:32 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others  

Shochu (distilled spirit) is one of the main Japanese alcoholic beverages following Sake.

Kagoshima is the largest, popular, and traditional Shochu mecca, providing 155,900 kiloliters in 2006 (July 2006 to June 2006), which is the record high, with an increase for the 8th consecutive year!
Satsuma Shochu (meaning Kagoshima Shochu, Satsuma is the old name of Kagoshima) [...]

Cool yourself with noodle? Enjoy summer food culture of Japan!

- 3:08 pm by akko@hakata in Culture, Others  

`Japan has four seasons’ is a very common plain sentence when people introduce Japan, which should also be explained as, Japan has four seasons to enjoy different seasonal food!
Not only beer and shochu-on-the-rock, cool noodle is the main summer food for lots of Japanese people, or even Messiah for those suffering from the crazy heat [...]

Sweets Theme Parks

August 7, 2007 - 6:34 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Food, Others, Travel  

For many women in Japan, Sweets Theme Parks are paradice! It’s like an amusement park of sweets, offering not only cakes and puddings, but also the place to relax and talk!
During summer season (-Aug.31), they offer special varieties to cool us. Each shop is competing very hard to attract customers, with beautiful looking, delicious sweets, [...]