Ibaraki

Cutting the hanging monkfish

On the second night of our short family trip to Ibaraki prefecture in Japan, we stayed in the Oarai Hotel facing the Oarai Beach. According to the website of this hotel, they have 12 different…

Ibaraki

Bungee jumping

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…

Ibaraki

Frozen scene

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…

Nagano

Snow Monkeys

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…

Nagano

The scene on the train and about the Ryokan

We went to Jigokudani in Nagano prefecture in Japan to see Japanese Monkeys. First, we took the Shinkansen, the bullet train, to Nagano station. Then we changed to Nagano Electric Railway to…

Tokyo

Very interesting Chicken stew restaurant

On the day our friend took us around in Tokyo, the weather was very good and the sunset was beautiful. We saw the sunset on the rooftop of GINZA SIX, the new…

Tokyo

A sunny day in Tokyo

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…