[ Apr.2019 ] In the morning of the second day on Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture in Japan, I felt a bit dull and heavy because of the Awamori, the local strong…

[ Apr.2019 ] For the Easter holiday this year, we went back to Japan and extended our journey to Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture. Unfortunately, my husband injured his foot again, just…

[ Apr.2019 ] The main reason we visited Lodi from Milan, which is about 30km away, was to see the octagon church, called Incoronata Temple. When we visited another town in Lombardy called Sabbioneta last…

[ Apr.2019 ] The cathedral in Lodi, the town in Lombardy in the north of Italy, faces a large square called Piazza della Vittoria. The outside of the cathedral is rather simple and it is made…

[ Apr.2019 ] We had some time before our flight, so we visited Lodi, a town which is about 30km southeast of Milan in Italy. It is not a world famous town, but it has…

[ Apr.2019 ] The last thing we visited on the day was the Palace of Venaria itself, which is in Piedmont in the north of Italy. The last possible time people could get in was 5:30pm…

[ Apr.2019 ] At the ticket counter of La Venaria Reale in Piedmont in the north of Italy, the vendor told us “The castle has only 20 rooms while the palace has 52, but the original…

[ Apr.2019 ] One of the highlights of the Palace of Venaria in Piedmont in Italy is its garden. It is huge, with 50 hectares of land and there are snowy mountains of the Alps…