[ Apr.2016 ] There is the UNESCO World Heritage site in Modena in Italy. They are the cathedral, the bell tower and the square located next to one another. This site apparently shows…

[ Apr.2016 ] We had one day trip to Modena from Milan in Italy. I went there before a few years ago, but this time, I realised that the colours of …

[ Mar.2016 ] We went all the way to go through a road called Tokyo Bay Aqua Line, which connects Kisarazu in Chiba and Kawasaki in Kanagawa, as …

[ Mar.2016 ] My family in Japan had been saying that we should visit Boso-no-Mura open air museum in Chiba in Japan and finally we did. It is a huge place with …

[ Mar.2016 ] We had a few hours before taking the train, so we walked a bit in Gero town in Japan. It was sunny but the wind was very cold. We saw a …

From Hida Takayama we moved to Gero and stayed one night there. Gero Onsen hot spring resort is regarded one of the top three hot springs in Japan.

The Takayama Festival in Hida Takayama, Japan is famous for its gorgeous floats called Yaytai. They have the festivals twice a year in spring and autumn, but the meanings and Yatais are different each time.

In Hida Takayama in Japan, we saw this doll called Sarubobo many times. It seemed the mascot of the town. This was my second visit to Takayama after about 20 years and I do not remember seeing this doll last time, so probably it started recently.

On the second day in Hida Takayama in Japan, we reluctantly started off to the town from the hotel room which we had to check out at 10am, though to be hoenest, since we ate and drank too much the night before, we wanted to stay in bed.