Japan

Bathing and Sunset on Miyako-jima

[ Apr.2019 ] It was around 3 pm when we got back to our hotel by taxi, after touring around Miyako-jima in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. There were 6 restaurants in Tokyu Hotel & Resorts,…

Miyako-jima

Climb Up The Lighthouse at Higashi Hennazaki

[ Apr.2019 ] We started walking towards the end of the narrow peninsula of Higashi Hennazaki on Miyako-jima, one of the islands of Okinawa prefecture in Japan. This peninsula is about 2km long, 160 metres…

Miyako-jima

Very Quiet Theme Park on Miyako-jima and Mr. Taira

[ Apr.2019 ] I continue talking about our taxi tour on Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture in Japan. The next place we visited was a theme park called “Ueno German Cultural Village”….

Miyako-jima

The Colour of the Sea of Miyako-jima Woke Me Up

[ Apr.2019 ] In the morning of the second day on Miyako-jima, one of the islands in Okinawa prefecture in Japan, I felt a bit dull and heavy because of the Awamori, the local strong…

Akita

At Senshu Park

[ Sept.2018 ] In Akita city in Japan, we went to Senshu Park next. This park was built on the site of the Kubota Castle where the Satake family lived, and Satake Yoshinobu was the…

Akita

The Painting of Tsuguharu Foujita in Akita

[ Sept.2018 ] The next day, after staying in a Ryokan in the Oga Hot-Spring resort in the Akita prefecture in Japan, we went to Oga station by ‘Namahage Shuttle’, the shared taxi. The taxi stand…

Akita

About Namahage

[ Sept.2018 ] The strong typhoon passed during the night and the next morning in Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan was fine. We got up early and took the 7:55am train to Akita. This…

Yamagata

The Japanese Women in the Past Were Very Strong

[ Sept.2018 ] We moved from Murakami in the Niigata prefecture to Sakata in the Yamagata prefecture in Japan by express train. The train went along the coast and we saw simple fishing villages on the way,…