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The Lakeside Hotel and Katakuri (Asian fawnlily)

[ Apr.2019 ] We stayed in a Ryokan, a Japanese style hotel, called “Katakuri no Hana (Asian fawnlily flowers) on the lakeside of Lake Tazawa in Akita prefecture, Japan. The exterior was not special, but…

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Surprising Blue of Lake Tazawa

[ Apr.2019 ] This time in Japan, we travelled to Akita Prefecture with our family. It was in the middle of special Golden Week (from the end of April to early May, when there are…

Miyako-jima

Miyako-jima Taiken Craft Village

[ Apr.2019 ] The last place we visited on our lovely holiday in Miyako-jima, the island in Okinawa in Japan, was Taiken Craft Village, located within the Tropical Botanical Garden with a lot of subtropical…

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About Paantu, The Festival on Miyako-jima and Others

I will continue talking about our taxi tour on Miyako-jima, the island in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. The next place we visited was Shimajiri mangrove forest. This is the biggest mangrove forest on Miyako-jima and…

Miyako-jima

On The Way Back From Ikema Island

[ Apr.2019 ] On Ikema Island, a small island located north of Miyako-jima, in Okinawa in Japan, we went to see a rock with a heart-shaped hole. This was apparently used in a popular drama…

Miyako-jima

To Ikema Island

[ Apr.2019 ] On the fourth day on Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture in Japan, we hired a taxi again and this time went to Ikema Island, which is in the north…

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An Excellent Restaurant in Miyako-jima

[ Apr.2019 ] When we looked around the souvenir shops in Hirara-cho in Miyako-jima, which is in Okinawa prefecture, Japan, the most noticeable thing was the goods related to Mamoru-kun. Mamoru-kun is a policeman doll…

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Looking At The Underwater World of Miyako-jima

[ Apr.2019 ] In the morning of the third day of our stay in Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa in Japan, we stayed and relaxed on the hotel beach. The colour of the…

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Bathing and Sunset on Miyako-jima

[ Apr.2019 ] It was around 3 pm when we got back to our hotel by taxi, after touring around Miyako-jima in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. There were 6 restaurants in Tokyu Hotel & Resorts,…