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 which [...]

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 at [...]

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 [...]

special product in Akihabara

August 29, 2006 - 9:43 am by ValEagle in Culture, Food, Product, Travel  

The special product in Akihabara is taught today.

Starting often seeing at the street corner in Akihabara is a vending machine of the figure. It is called GASHAPON in Japan.

It is possible to buy it for 100 yen each or 200 yen. The figure that exists in the capsule is very elaborately made.

The special product in [...]

March 11th: The monkeys of Jigokudani

May 7, 2006 - 3:48 pm by Up and Down Japan in Food, Travel  

Our minshuku in Jigokudani Yaen Koen was not just a regular family-run inn: Korakukan is one of the few places in Japan (and the world) where people can share a rotemburo (outdoor hotspring bath) with wild monkeys. This is a rather recent development– it was only about 40 years ago that the first monkey ventured [...]

Cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi

April 4, 2006 - 4:01 pm by naga-chan in Travel  

Chidorigafuchi is one of the best place to see cherry blossoms, nearby the Imperial Palace.

You can enjoy boating it here as well.