Japan

Happy Birthday at a Sushi Restaurant

While we were staying in Japan this time, one of our family members had their birthday. So we all went to a sushi restaurant to eat a good sushi dish. It…

Japan

Experience to Make Some Senbei

I like Senbei, which is a type of Japanese rice cracker. So we went to “Soka Senbei Garden” with my family. Soka is a mecca of Senbei, which is just outside…

Japan

The Bigger the Better?

I had seen the statue of Buddha in Ushiku in Ibaraki, Japan, many times from afar, but this time we went to visit there. It was just about closing, so we…

Japan

Somewhat Lonely Edo Town

My family took us to a theme park called “Warp Station Edo” in the Ibaraki prefecture. It is a park where a town in the Edo era (1603 – 1868) is…

Japan

The Town for the ‘Salary Men’

I thought Shimbashi in Tokyo, Japan, had completely changed, because the last few times I met with my friends at the Shiodome side of the station, which has been redeveloped, it looked…

Taiwan

Stone Market

In the morning of the last day of our stay in Taiwan, we went to Guanghua Jade Market before the guide came to pick us up for the airport. In fact this was the main…

Taiwan

Massage and Shampoo

After the theatre, we went to a massage salon in Taipei. A massage is one of the things to do in Taiwan and the reflexology is especially well regarded there. I…

Taiwan

Peking Opera for the First Time

Our family holiday in Taiwan was very short, only two nights, so the schedule was very tight. On the second night, after dinner, we went to see a Peking Opera in a…

Taiwan

Jingtong Station

The last place we went to on the tour out of Taipei in Taiwan was Jingtong. This is the last stop of Pingxi Line, which we took up to Shifen. The…