Learn about Ainu people
[ Sept.2014 ] One of my purposes of our trip to Hokkaido in Japan was to learn about Ainu people, indigenous people in north part of Japan. We went to The Ainu Museum in Shiraoi….
[ Sept.2014 ] One of my purposes of our trip to Hokkaido in Japan was to learn about Ainu people, indigenous people in north part of Japan. We went to The Ainu Museum in Shiraoi….
[ Sept.2014 ] In Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan, they have a morning market near the station. I looked up and found that this started in 1945 soon after the end of the WW2 by farmers…
[ Sept. 2014 ] This was my first visit to Hokkaido, but I had known that Hakodate’s night view was worth seeing. So around the time of the sunset, we took the ropeway to the…
[ Sept.2014 ] We only went inside of Old British Consulate and Old Public Hall in Motomachi in Hakodate, Japan, but there were more historical western style houses. For example, this is the phoro of…
[ Sept.2014 ] In Motomachi town in Hakodate in Japan, where there are many western style houses, we visited Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward. It was completed in 1910 after taking 1 year and…
[ Sept.2014 ] There are many western style houses left in Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan. Among them, we went in to Old British Consulate. The current building was built in 1913 after others were burned…
[ Aug.2014 ] When we were walking in Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan, a couple of pupils called after us. They were a boy and a girl looking very nervous. They said they were students of…
[ Aug.2014 ] From the town of Atami, where we visited with my family, we could see the Atami Castle on the hill. It seemed a fine castle from afar, but we were surprised when…
[ Aug.2014 ] During our family trip to Atami in Japan, we visited Kiunkaku, a tangible cultural propaty of Atami city. This building and a garden were built by shipping magnate in 1919 and moved…