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Hong Kong

Hong Kong

These are my photos taken in 1996 in Hong Kong.

Chiba

The fortune slip at a temple in Kashiwa

[ Jan.2020 ] We went to Koryuzan Fusebenten Tokaiji temple in Kashiwa in Chiba prefecture for Hatsumode (a Japanese tradition, the first visit of the year to a temple or a shrine during the New…

Tokyo

At the restaurant in Minami Azabu in Tokyo

[ Jan.2020 ] On the day we visited Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, we went all the way to Minami Azabu to the restaurant called ‘Gonpachi’. A friend of ours in London recommended this restaurant long…

Tokyo

The queue at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo

[ Jan.2020 ] During our stay in Japan this time, we visited Akasaka Palace, the State Guest House in Tokyo. A friend of ours invited us to go together because they were exhibiting the open-top…

Miura

The tuna bowl and sightseeing boat in Misaki

[ Dec.2019 ] After enjoying Umanose Domon on the Jogashima Island in Miura City in Japan, we walked to Jogashima Lighthouse. There was a path above Umanose Domon and the view from there was picturesque,…

Oita

The rest of the Hell in Beppu

[ Dec.2019 ] In Beppu in Oita in Japan, we did the “Hell Tour”, which means visiting 7 places called Jigoku (hells) where the hot springs well up. 5 of them were in Kannawa Onsen…

Oita

Hell Tour in Beppu

[ Dec.2019 ] What you must do in Beppu in Oita prefecture in Japan are having a bath in the hot spring water and visiting Hell. Hell or Jigoku in Japanese in Beppu means the…