Hakuba accommodation at reasonable budget / Green Valley Hakuba

June 27, 2008 - 4:55 pm by gvhakuba in Travel  

Featuring rental cottages, including cottages with open-air baths, pet friendly cottages, group cottages, a log house, and more.
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Enjoy your ski resort holidays at our reasonable accommodation Hakuba in Japan!

Hakuba Hifumi Hotel 白馬ひふみ

December 25, 2007 - 11:07 am by kaorichani in Others, Travel  

This japanese style hotel is placed in the middle of the winter resort city Hakuba.When entering the hotel ,  you’ll find the reception and the lobby , consisting of a typical heated japanese table and a tea room .  It still gives away the japanese feeling and it is very beautifully arranged. You’ll find everywhere [...]

Hakuba 白馬

- 10:39 am by kaorichani in Others  

Hakuba - This little city must surely sound familiar, as it was the place where the Winter Olympics 1998 took place. Snowboarder and Skier will love this place . The “real” ski season begins around 21th december and ends around april although you’ll already see some people there before the season , skiing. There lots of [...]

Kobe

March 12, 2007 - 11:19 pm by Yuk in Culture, Food, Travel  

Kobe is a good place where I who live in Kyoto can go by the day trip. That day was Chinese New Year. So I went to Kobe by the Hankyu train. It took 2 hours from Karasuma (Kyoto) to Sannomiya (Kobe), fare was 600 yen (if you buy a ticket in Kinken shop [...]

Chinese New Year at Yokohama Chinatown

February 18, 2007 - 12:00 am by kiokitok in Travel  

The Chinese are everywhere in the world. They often build Chinatown and make their living on their own. In 1858, Japan opend its door to other countries. Port of Yokohama was opened in the following year. Various countries created their settlements there. The Chinese too moved to Yokohama as the [...]

Flea Markets of Kyoto (1)

February 16, 2007 - 6:55 pm by Yuk in Travel  

Kobo-san, Tenjin-san, Garakuta-ichi and Tedukuri-ichi are typical flea market of Kyoto city, but these are not same. In Kobo-san at To-ji Temple (Flea Market) and Tenjin-san at Kitano-tenmangu Shrine (Flea Market), there stand more than 1000 stalls hoping that it would attract the ennichi (a shrine or temple fair) crowd (people who pay homage [...]

Greetings at Imperial Palace

December 23, 2006 - 12:00 am by kiokitok in Culture  

Emperor of Japan exists as the symbol. He resides in the center of Tokyo, busy doing his job as ceremonial figurehead and visiting all over Japan. For those reasons, ordinary people are rarely able to see him in public. There is an opportunity for you, however, to see him and other members [...]

Asakusa

December 8, 2006 - 11:23 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

You cannot talk about Tokyo without visiting Asakusa. Although it used to be a typical commercial area 150 years ago, it is the now one of few areas in Tokyo which you can feel the atmosphere of those old days.
During the Tokugawa shogunate, there were a large number of temples in Edo (now Tokyo). [...]

Tokyo Tower

October 19, 2006 - 10:00 am by yukiko in Travel  

Tokyo Tower , tallest structure in Tokyo is 333 meters high. Welknown sysmble of Tokyo and very popular sightseeing spot, but its original function is a radio and television broadcasting antenna.
People can go up to observatory which is located at 223 meters and can enjoy wide view of Tokyo, when the weather is [...]

Togakushi

October 2, 2006 - 10:46 am by ValEagle in Food, Travel  

I have gone to Togakushi in Nagano Prefecture in this summer. In Togakushi, a lot of nature and ‘Soba’ are famous places. ‘Soba’ eats here is very delicious.

The Togakushi Shinto shrine is a famous Shinto shrine.

In the approach to a shrine, there is a woods of a splendid Japan cedar. A very old, solemn [...]