[July 2012] When we went to Angera on Lake Maggiore, Italy, we went to look for a restaurant which has a good reputation on internet site. It is far from the lake itself in a…

[July 2012] It was first time for me to visit Lake Maggiore.Unfortunately I did not have a plenty of time, so went just to the town called Angera situated at south end of the lake.It…

[July 2012] The No.14 metro in Paris must be new.All the stations were modern.There was an announcement there in Japanese soon after French, saying ' Be careful, there are pickpockets'.After Japanese followed English, Italian, etc.There…

[July 2012] My visit to Paris was in the middle of summer sale. I went to other department stores, but  in the end came back to Galeries Lafayette. Here it is always full of activities….

[July 2012] It was early July when I went to Paris. It was the peak time for summer sale. It was even more exciting because the euro was low. I had some muscle ache for…

[July 2012] You may think why you should eat Japanese in Paris, but there are many good Japanese restaurants in Paris. This time we went to ‘ Shu‘, specialised for Kushiage, fried vegetables and meat…

[July 2012] Friends of mine, living in Paris took us to this pub in a back street. In the past, Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, a painter Tsuguji Fujita and etc, got together here. The name…

[July, 2012] At last we went all the way up to the top of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame. I felt as if I did one year worth of exercise. Apparently there are 387 steps. The number of…

[July, 2012] This time, we decided to go up the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Of course there was a long queue. we had to wait for 40-50 minutes. During that time, a few street performers…