[ Sept.2014 ] In the Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s summer palace in Isle of Wight in England, there is a Swiss Cottege, quite far from their main palace. Victoria’s husband, Albert made the real Swiss…

[ Sept.2014 ] The highlight of the Isle of Wight tour was Osborne House, which was a summer palace for Queen Victoria. Here we had a long time to look around. This palace was built…

[ Sept.2014 ] On the day when we joined the tour to Isle of Wight, after lunch at the seaside of Shanklin, we went up to the old village on top of the cliff. From…

[ Sept.2014 ] The first stop in our Isle of Wight tour in England was Shanklin which is south east of the island.This is a seaside resort. There was an esplanate along the coast and…

[ Sept.2014 ] We joined a one day tour to Isle of Wight, south of England, because I found a good discount offer.The meeting time was very early.The bus journey from London was 2 and…

[ summer, 2014 ] This time I experienced Japanese summer first time in more than 10 years. I had heard that it was more than 35 degrees everyday, so we were prepared mentally. But  on…

[ Sept.2014 ] We had a walk along the shopping streets in Otaru in Japan after having enjoyed sushi. The street with many souvenir shops is called Sakaimachi-dori. Our guidebook shows the details of each…

[ Sept.2014 ] There is a “Sushi Street” in Otaru in Hokkaido, Japan, where there are as many as 20 sushi restaurants.The Rickshaw driver's first choice was unfortunately closed on the day, so we went…

[ Sept.2014 ] This is a photo of an old shop. The people in Otaru was very much worried about fire, so they made many stone houses. In this one’s case, the shop and warehouse…