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 [...]

The BUDO(武道martial arts) ceremony at the Meiji-Jingu shrine@TOKYO.

November 26, 2007 - 5:39 pm by Hishi in Culture, Others  

　At Meiji-Jingu shrine（in TOKYO) where The Autumn Grand Festival is held on November 3,to commemorate Emperor Meiji’s Birthday every year.
In the festival, the performance of  Budo（the martial arts）is performed, too.
You come by watching the old traditional Japanese martial arts（Kenjutsu,Battojutsu,Kyudo,Jujutsu,Sojutsu,Aikido,etc.).
I introduce the performance of the martial arts that I like.
It is the Yabusame（horseback archery） ceremony and　the [...]

Hina Matsuri

March 3, 2007 - 8:00 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

Girls celebrate March 3. They arrange Hina Ningyo dolls in the living room, invite their friends and neighbors, and have some party. During the party, people wish the best of those girls.
In many different cultures, girls play with dolls. In Japan, Hina Matsuri was already celebrated in the 9th century. However, [...]

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 [...]

To Know Tokyo Is To Love Tokyo - Edo-Tokyo Museum

February 9, 2007 - 11:34 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

Hanging around Tokyo, you will be able to find out lots of historical sites and objects, especially from Tokugawa Shogunate. Yet, there are no other sites with all those collection of artifacts than Edo-Tokyo Museum. It is just a museum with a lot of artifacts. Thus, you may not be able to [...]

Utaki - the sacred site in Okinawa

February 7, 2007 - 7:10 pm by marsh in Travel  

Is it “god”, “kamisama”, “hotokesama” or “noro”? –How different is Okinawa’s religion?
Okinawan people believe in the spiritual world and honor various “gods” in the nature. For example “god of the hearth” or “god of the well”; they also worship their ancestors’ sprits; and of course there is Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity.

Hinukan or [...]

Setsubun

February 3, 2007 - 8:37 pm by kiokitok in Culture, Food  

The Japanese love to have seasonal celebrations. February 3 is known as Setsubun. Setsubun literally means the division of seasons. They used to celebrate every division of seasons. However, they now celebrate only February 3 as the change from winter to spring.
They had already celebrated Setsubun on February 3 before the [...]

Hatsumode

January 1, 2007 - 10:00 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

The Japanese make seasonsal celebrations based on different religions whether they believe in god or not. When celebrating new year, they have hatsumode, a shrine visit. Through hatsumode, they refresh their mind, and make a wish for the new year.
When you visit shrines and pray, you have to follow certain rules. First, [...]