Chiba

The fortune slip at a temple in Kashiwa

[ Jan.2020 ] We went to Koryuzan Fusebenten Tokaiji temple in Kashiwa in Chiba prefecture for Hatsumode (a Japanese tradition, the first visit of the year to a temple or a shrine during the New…

Tokyo

The queue at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo

[ Jan.2020 ] During our stay in Japan this time, we visited Akasaka Palace, the State Guest House in Tokyo. A friend of ours invited us to go together because they were exhibiting the open-top…

Oita

The rest of the Hell in Beppu

[ Dec.2019 ] In Beppu in Oita in Japan, we did the “Hell Tour”, which means visiting 7 places called Jigoku (hells) where the hot springs well up. 5 of them were in Kannawa Onsen…

Oita

Hell Tour in Beppu

[ Dec.2019 ] What you must do in Beppu in Oita prefecture in Japan are having a bath in the hot spring water and visiting Hell. Hell or Jigoku in Japanese in Beppu means the…

Oita

Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin

[ Dec.2019 ] We walked around Kinrinko Lake in Yufuin in Oita prefecture in Japan. The steam was coming out of the water in this lake and that makes mysterious and beautiful scene. According to…

Kumamoto

Looking over Kumamoto Castle from above

[ Dec.2019 ] On the second day in Kumamoto City in Japan, the weather was fine. But the air was to cold to keep walking outside, so we decided to go into the building of…

Kumamoto

Misumi West Port, the World Heritage in Kumamoto

[ Dec.2019 ] We were heading for Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture in Japan, but looking at the map, we found that there is a Unesco’s World Heritage site just before entering Amakusa. We thought we…