Japan

[April 2012] This year the cherry trees blossomed later than usual and around the 7th April was the best in Tokyo. We had an opportunity to visit a famous wedding hall called Happoen in Tokyo….

[April 2012] We were walking with Kanazawa guidebook, and we came across this Oyama Shrine, which was not in our route. Because Japanese streets do not have names, it is difficult to walk even with…

[April 2012] We were not very lucky with the weather when we travelled in Kanazawa, but on the third day, although the wind was strong and cold, the sun came out. So we had a…

[April 2012] Just to refuge from the rain we went into a gold leaf craft shop called Hakuza  in Kanazawa, Japan. Here they have a golden storehouse in their courtyard. They sell a lot of…

[April 2012] When we visited Kanazawa, a Japanese old town, unfortunately, meteorological “bomb” was attacking the area, so we got completely soaked. This is a picture taken when the rain was not too bad. The wet…

[April 2012] I wanted to see how they make Kaga Yuzen, a traditional dyeing craft in Kanazawa, Japan, so went to the Chamber of Traditional Industry of Kaga Yuzen . But because it was lunch…

[April, 2011] This is a photo in Fukagawa Edo Museum in Tokyo. They remade houses in Edo era in the museum and people can get in those houses. It was a fun. A woman who loves…

[April, 2011] We travelled in Japan around one month after the earthquake and tsunami, and felt the difficulty of Japanese tourism. Around this Lake Ashi, there were some souvenir shops which seemed soon to be closed…

[April, 2011] I do not know why it has to be the ‘pirates boat’ for the sight seeing boat on Lake Ashi in Hakone, but it seems popular here and has been going for about 60…