[ Dec.2014 ] Just next to our hotel in Awa Kominato in Chiba prefecture in Japan, there was a temple called Tanjo-ji, meaning a birth temple. It is the temple to commemorate the birth of…

[ Dec.2014 ] We stayed overnight at Awa Kominato in Chiba prefecture in Japan with all my family. This is a photo of a part of our dinner in the ryokan (Japanese style hotel) called…

[ Dec.2014 ] “2k540” sounds like a code number, but in fact it is the name of craft arcade under the railway between Akihabara station and Okachimachi station in Tokyo. We went there for the…

[ Dec.2014 ] The main reason why we went to Kanda Shrine in Tokyo was in fact to have some Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees). The shop is called Amano-ya…

[ Dec.2014 ] Our friend said “How about going to the Kanda Shrine and drink Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees)?”, so we went there. I have known the name of…

[ Dec.2014 ] We visited Nikolai-do, an Orthodox church in Ochanomizu in Tokyo for the first time. The official name is Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral. At the entrance there was a woman who gave the pure…

[ Dec.2014 ] I cannot remember when was the last time I went to Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo. On this day of the end of December, this street was extremely crowded because many people…

[ Dec.2014 ] We went back to Japan over Christmas and New Year period again. This time our friend took us to an interesting restaurant. It is an old place with the atmosphere of somewhere…

[ Dec.2014 ] I went to Winter Wonderland, an event which was held in Hyde Park, the famous park in London. I was oblivious on this event, but apparently it was already the 7th year…