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…
2 Faces in Cordoba
It was a holiday when we arrived in Cordoba. All the shops were closed and the streets were very quiet. Only a few tourists were walking around there. The sky was gray and…
The Grand Glencoe
We walked for a while in Glencoe. It is a very beautiful place, but apparently there was a horrible massacre there more than 300 years ago. People there were look after a troop…
At our favourite restaurant in Alghero
On the day we took a tour of Asinara, a remote island in Sardinia, Italy, we arrived back at the town of Alghero after 7:00 pm. We were so tired that we decided…
Moscow-USSR-2
This is my friend, Tarcisio’s posting. When we started our stay, they gave us our group itinerary, which included our free days to do whatever we wanted. But we were allowed to move around only...
Mr. Matsuo who is full of love for his hometown
Taking a break from sightseeing in the old town of Plovdiv in Bulgaria, we went to a souvenir shop. It was a shop where crafts were rather messily placed in a shop that...
JAL Japan Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, in Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and...
Hida Beef
We went to Takayama from Shirakawago in Japan by bus. What I was looking forward to in Takayama was...
Hotel in Como
The last destination of our autumn family holiday in Italy was Como. We stayed in the town for two nights. The name of the hotel was Hotel Metropole Suisse, which was just in...
Lovely Lunch in La Laguna
On the last day in La Laguna, the old capital city of Tenerife in Spain, it was a fairly cool day, so we chose to walk in the sunshine, unlike the day...
Get fat in Rome
We crossed the Tiber and went into the area called Trastevere, where Bohemians used to gather. Here we went in to one of the restaurants called Bruno alla Lungaretta which we decided...
Transport in Portugal
To get to the pretty village Monsaraz in Alentejo, Portugal, you have to change bus at a town called Reguengos de Monsaraz.The local people pronounce the name of this town as if they...
