Japan

Tasting

In our short family holiday, we went to a sake brewery in Boso area in Chiba prefecture in Japan.It was called “Sommelier House Sakasho-no-Yakata”.I was imagining a very old establishment like the…

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Madness of sea breams

We took a sight seeing boat which started just next to our hotel in Awa Kominato in Chiba, Japan. We had not done our homework about  the tour beforehand, so I was…

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Tanjo-ji

Just next to our hotel in Awa Kominato in Chiba prefecture in Japan, there was a temple called Tanjo-ji, meaning a birth temple. It is the temple to commemorate the birth of…

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Great feast

We stayed overnight at Awa Kominato in Chiba prefecture in Japan with all my family. This is a photo of a part of our dinner in the ryokan (Japanese style hotel) called…

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2k540

“2k540” sounds like a code number, but in fact it is the name of craft arcade under the railway between Akihabara station and Okachimachi station in Tokyo. We went there for the…

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Historical Amazake shop

The main reason why we went to Kanda Shrine in Tokyo was in fact to have some Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees). The shop is called Amano-ya…

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Traditional ceremony

Our friend said “How about going to the Kanda Shrine and drink Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees)?”, so we went there. I have known the name of…

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Nikolai-do

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…

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Madness of Ameya Yokocho

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…