[ Sept.2018 ] I continue talking about the walking sightseeing tour in Kiev in Ukraine. Our guide, Miloslava, pointed out the unusual building next to the presidential residence. There were many strange animals on top…

[ Sept.2018 ] We visited Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. This was our second visit and the first time was seven years ago. Our Ukrainian friend, Alina, arranged the itinerary this time and it…

[ Sept.2018 ] We took a part in the Urban Photo Race (UPR), which we had joined last year in Amsterdam and this year in London. The UPR is a kind of a photo competition where…

[ Sept.2018 ] In Akita city in Japan, we went to Senshu Park next. This park was built on the site of the Kubota Castle where the Satake family lived, and Satake Yoshinobu was the…

[ Sept.2018 ] The next day, after staying in a Ryokan in the Oga Hot-Spring resort in the Akita prefecture in Japan, we went to Oga station by ‘Namahage Shuttle’, the shared taxi. The taxi stand…

[ Sept.2018 ] The next place we visited in the Oga Peninsula in the Akita prefecture in Japan was Oga Aquarium GAO. In fact, the reason we had decided to visit Oga Peninsula was that my…

[ Sept.2018 ] The strong typhoon passed during the night and the next morning in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan was fine. We got up early and took the 7:55am train to Akita. This…

[ Sept.2018 ] After visiting Sankyo Soko, we headed for the old house of the Honma family in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan. The Honma family was the richest in this area, so much…

[ Sept.2018 ] We moved from Murakami in the Niigata prefecture to Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan by express train. The train went along the coast and we saw simple fishing villages on the way,…