Tokyo

[ Dec.2014 ] We visited Nikolai-do, an Orthodox church in Ochanomizu in Tokyo for the first time. The official name is Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral. At the entrance there was a woman who gave the pure…

[ Dec.2014 ] I cannot remember when was the last time I went to Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo. On this day of the end of December, this street was extremely crowded because many people…

[ summer, 2014 ] This time I experienced Japanese summer first time in more than 10 years. I had heard that it was more than 35 degrees everyday, so we were prepared mentally. But  on…

[ Aug.2014 ] Shopping in Asakusa in Tokyo is exciting. At a glance, the shops there do not look sophisticated, but if you search them, you will make a lucky find or two. On top…

[ Aug.2014 ] On the day when we experienced Rickshaw ride, we went to visit Senso-ji Temple. My family living in Japan said ” I have not been here for decades!”. They sometimes come to…

[ Aug.2014 ] After eating conger eel in Nihonbashi in Tokyo, we went to see the goldfish exhibition which the restaurant staff recommended. It was an event held in a building called COREDO in which…

[ Aug.2014 ] It was worth seeing the permanent exhibition as well as the special toilet exhibition in Miraikan museum in Odaiba, Tokyo. The most impressive thing for me was the reconstruction of the living…

[ Aug.2014 ] A friend of mine took us to “Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)” in Odaiba, Tokyo to see futuristic Japan. We found that a special exhibition about toilet happened to…

[ Aug.2014 ] Every time we go back to Japan, our family and friends wait for us planning some events. This time the first event was to go on “the Panama canal cruise at the…