Getting arond the old fashioned way
April 21, 2009 - 8:43 pm by Him in Others
To visit Asia is to at some point or other think of, bump into or ride on a rickshaw. One of the world’s earliest
and most eco-friendly form of taxi, the rickshaw has long since vanished from the streets of Japan as a regular form of transport but does remain a firm toursit favorite in the [...]
One night in Gion
April 1, 2009 - 3:56 pm by mrmook in Others
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One Night in Gion……
One of the more sublime pleasures for foriegners living in Kyoto are those rare and wonderful occasions when you can step into the lush beauty, refined elegance and serene mystery of a timeless World beyond understanding which lives, breathes and thrives, vibrantly glowing with gentle glory while wrapped inside [...]
Hybrids – in Tokyo?
February 15, 2009 - 8:25 am by Him in Others
A decade ago Kyoto in central Japan hosted a summit on environmental issues that has become synonymous with the term ‘Kyoto Protocol’ – an agreement admirable in nature that is still struggling to achieve the reduction of carbon emissions goals it set itself on the global stage.
International co-operation aside though, Japan and the Japanese, by [...]
Did you know – a fun look at some little known Japanese facts
January 23, 2009 - 5:07 pm by Him in Others
During an 1881 tour of Japan, Britain’s Prince of Wales (later King George V) had a large Japanese style dragon tattooed on his arm?
Some thought that baseball playing would hurt Japanese morals as gentlemen don’t steal (bases); the reason behind Britain and Germany not playing the game it was said?
The first operational train station [...]
Ninna ji temple(Kyoto) – Kodaman’s J-TRIP
May 1, 2008 - 4:09 pm by Tsutomu in Travel
Nina ji temple(仁和寺） is located in near Arashiyama area. This temple was first established in A.D 888.
When ” Onin no ran”（Onin War) was occured, this temple was fully burned.
This was, then, re-established in 1634 by Shogun “Iemitsu Tokunaga.” Ninna ji temple registered with
world heritage in 1994 as one of the historic monuments of ancient Kyoto [...]
