[ Jan.2015 ] I continue about the My Son in Vietnam. This ruin was the sanctuary for the ancient Chmpa Kingdom and in those days only priests, king and some of the aristocrats were allowed…

[ Jan.2015 ] We went to ruin of My Son (pronounced as Mee-Sern) in Vietnam, which is listed as a World Heritage. This is a temple of the Chmpa Kingdom which founded about the 2nd…

[ Jan.2015 ] Once we went out of the international hotel, it was exotic Vietnam. On the first day, we were surprised at small things, such as the conical hat. I have seen them in…

[ Jan.2015 ] We went to Vietnam from Japan.It was my first visit to the country, but where we went was not Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, but the city called Da Nang in the…

[ Jan.2015 ] We went to Ramen Museum in Shin-Yokohama in Japan with our family.Ramen is a popular Japanese noodle soup dish.I had only heard that this museum is a place where many Ramen shops…

[ Jan.2015 ] At the beginning, one of our friends who lives in London and was back in Japan at the same time as us said “There is a Tokyo sight seeing bus which includes…

[ Jan.2015 ] We went up Tokyo Tower. I had not been up there for decades. The hight of this tower is 333 metres which is 13 metres more than Eiffel Tower in Paris. It…

[ Jan.2015 ] When we were walking towards Tokyo Tower, we came across a grand temple. That was Zojoji. Only a few days before, we went to Tanjoji and that was a main temple of…

[ Jan.2015 ] After visitin Asakura Museum of Sculpture, we had a walk around Yanaka area in Tokyo. The damage from Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 and WW2 was relatively small in this area, so…