Plum grove -Makuyama park(Yugawara)- “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

February 14, 2008 - 3:18 pm by kodaman in Culture  

In Kanagawa prefecture(next Tokyo), there is a very famous park of plum trees in Yugawara. Both Yugawara and Atami are very famous as hot springs. Especially in the middle or end of winter, a lot of people go to Yugawa for enjoying seeing “Flowering of plum tree” in Makuyama park. This park is a [...]

A photo spot(Minato mirai) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”.

February 12, 2008 - 8:04 pm by kodaman in Others  

Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture has grown in shape defferent from Tokyo. There is The U.S. military camp and China town near Yokohama. However, the Landmark tower is the icon of Yokohama in Minato mirai area since 1993. This article isn’t about Yokohama Landmark tower. I want to mention a spot where we [...]

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 [...]

Nabe -Motsu Nabe”POPORO”(Nagoya)- “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

December 31, 2007 - 12:29 pm by kodaman in Others  

When staying in Nagoya, we had an oppotunity to eat “Motsu Nabe” in “Poporo”. “Motsu nabe” is very popular in Japan and put some parts of pig’s or cow’s small intestine and a lot of vegitable in a big pot. There are many kinds of taste of Motsu nabe(Salty,Soy source or Miso) . The [...]

Nagoya Castle (Nagoya) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

December 26, 2007 - 6:47 pm by kodaman in Others  

Before going to eat Hitsumabushi(Unagi don), I went to Nagoya castle. It was the end of November, “kouyou”was very beautiful and colorful.　This castle is the one of the three greatest castles in Japan(others are Oosaka and Kumamoto castle).
[History]It’s said that this castle was built in 1525. Around this castle, there was used [...]

Hitsumabushi (Nagoya) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

December 21, 2007 - 6:02 pm by kodaman in Others  

“Hitsumabushi” is actually a kind of “Unagi don(Eel rice bowl)” .However, because the way of grill is different from its in other city. Usually “unagi don” is 2 pieces of broiled eels on the top of rice, but “Hitsumabushi” is cut eels in 1cm each.

The way of eating is very interesting for [...]

Inuyama Castle (Nagoya) “Kodaman’s J-TRIP”

November 30, 2007 - 6:24 pm by kodaman in Others, Travel  

Nagoya is the third city in Japan but there aren’t much information for travelers even for Japanese. I just went to Nagoya with my wife to meet my friend then got infomation of “Inuyama.”
In Japan, there are four castles which are appointed to national treasure.
(Matsumoto castle in Nagano,Hikone castle in [...]