Japan

[Jan.2018] We went to a Shinto shrine called Shinmeisha in the city of Kashiwa in Chiba prefecture, with my family. It is customary in Japan to visit a shrine on New Year’s Day . We…

[ Jan.2018 ]  We had an excursion to Enoshima island in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan early in the new year. A friend of us who lives around here took us around. We took Enoden (Enoshima…

[ Dec.2017 ] When we went to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan with my family, we visited Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge in Tokiwa-ota, too. This bridge is only for pedestrians, its length is 375 metres and…

[ Dec.2017 ] We went to Fukuroda in Ibaraki prefecture in Japan with my family. Of course our main destination was the famous waterfall there. I did not know, but according to a man in…

[ Dec.2017 ] We went to see Snow Monkeys in Jigogudani Monkey Park in Nagano prefecture in Japan. I had thought they were called Onsen (hot spring) Monkeys, but in fact they are famous as…

[ Dec.2017 ] We spent our Christmas and New Year holiday in Japan. A friend of ours organised a day in Tokyo for us. We met her in the Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center in…

[ Apr.2017 ] At the beginning of Golden Week ( from the last few days of April to early May with 4 national holidays in between in Japan), we went to Hitachi Seaside Park in…

[ Apr.2017 ] We had a walk in Asakusa in Tokyo with our friends in London because they happened to be in Japan at the same time as us. The wife of the couple was…

[ Apr.2017 ] On the last day of our family holiday in the north of Japan, we came back to Morioka City and went to see the cherry blossoms. In Kanto area where Tokyo is,…