Shichi-Go-San, an event completely forgotten
In Kameido, Tokyo, there is a famous shrine called Kameido Tenjin. This shrine is said to be dedicated to Michizane Sugawara, and is said to be in high demand among students taking entrance…
Tokyo
The clam hot pot and Daikon radish in Kameido
At the invitation of a friend of ours who lives in Tokyo, Japan, we went for a walk around Kameido, a part of downtown Tokyo, which she had never walked before, either. We…
Katsunuma, the wine village
On this day, we got up early and went on a trip from my parents’ house in Matsudo City to Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan. It was arranged by a friend who…
La Recoleta Cemetery
The last place we visited during our Buenos Aires sightseeing tour was La Recoleta Cemetery. This was the first public cemetery in the town, inaugurated in 1822. It looked very similar to…
To see the turtles in Zakynthos
There are turtles in the sea around Zakynthos Island in Greece. To join a tour to go and see them is one of the highlights in tourism on this island. A car took us to…
Notorious Auschwitz
From Krakow in Poland, we took a tour to Auschwitz. This photo is the entrance with the famous slogan, ‘working makes you free’. This holiday to Poland, the weather was excellent and even…
Stay in a Ryokan
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In the touristic town of Kotohira, in Kagawa prefecture, I stayed one night in a tipical Japanese hotel (Ryokan), called Tsuruya. My Japanese friend Shogo, who accompanied...
enjoyed Kashgar one more day
On the third day in Kashgar in the western part in Xinjiang in China, we rented a bicycle and went to Afaq Khoja Mausoleum. I struggled to pedal on the slope with...
Qantas Airlines
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest domestic and international airline. Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited (QANTAS), Qantas is widely regarded as...
Jewish cooking
I had a Jewish meal for the first time in Krakow, Poland.The restaurant was called Klezmer Hois and I remember it looked like someones house, rather than a public restaurant.I ate stuffed goose...
very good dinner in Perugia where we went by train
We went to Perugia in Umbria in Italy by train from Milan. Up to Florence it took only one hour and 40 minutes by Frecciarossa, the limited express train, but from there...
the bridge and the oysters on Prince Edward Island
The last place we visited during our taxi tour on Prince Edward Island in Canada was Confederation Bridge which connects the island and the mainland. This is about 13 km bridge...
About simple lunch and waiting for the bus
After visiting Bachkovo Monastery in Bulgaria, we had a light lunch at one of the cafeterias along the approach. The name is Bistro Abdera. The reason I chose this one among the cafeterias...
Photogenic Final Borgo
This time in Liguria in the north Italy, a taxi driver Roberto in Finale Ligure took us around. When we took a taxi from the station, his taxi was there twice, and from the...
