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 [...]

nclex in tokyo japan

February 5, 2007 - 10:13 am by janjen in Travel  

do you have package for nclex in tokyo japan?

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 [...]

The Street of Kyoto (2) ; Higashioji-dori 1

January 29, 2007 - 5:43 pm by Yuk in Culture, Travel  

It is Higashioji-street which runs north and south before the Yasaka-jinjya Shrine is at the end of Shijo-dori where I gave an account last time. Its another name is Higashiyama-dori. Shijo-dori has been since Heian era, but Higashioji-dori which was built after 1889 is a new trunk road. Especially I don’t think that it interested [...]

How to Save Your Expense - Shelter

January 21, 2007 - 3:09 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

Unfortunately, the average cost of shelter in Tokyo is the highest in Japan. On the other hand, there are again wide range of properties available like those options for foods and transportation.

For those from outside Japan, your options for shelter are limited. Living in a guesthouse is a good option. There are [...]

The Street of Kyoto (1) ; Shijo-dori

January 17, 2007 - 4:31 am by Yuk in Culture, Travel  

Of course old Kyoto is beautiful, but if you would like to experience and understand about modern Kyoto, you should walk in the center of Kyoto city.

Shijo-Karasuma

This time I walked along the Shijo-dori (dori means street) in which Kyoto people who are men and women of all ages go to-and-fro for strolling, shopping and dining. [...]

How to Save Your Expense - Necessities

January 14, 2007 - 12:52 am by kiokitok in Food, Travel  

Tokyo gives you more options to save daily expense than any other major cities in the world. In fact, without any knowledge, you might have to spend a lot and will be tired of your life here.

First, and most importantly, you should save your expense from foods and drinks, thus you are not supposed [...]

Unravelling Tokyo’s New Year

January 12, 2007 - 6:22 pm by Roy in Travel  

Wrapped around a tumbler of hot sake, my hands are thawing nicely at 1 am on the first morning of a new year. The sake, or rice wine, is washing down a Japanese New Year delicacy; motsunikomi, a miscellaneous collection of meat scraps in a mini casserole. Easy to master with chopsticks, it had tasted [...]

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