Vietnam

Statue of Shiva without head

There is a statue of Shiva in the ruin of My Son in Vietnam. “Why is there no head?” Mr.Hai, our guide asked in Japanese. I think his way of guiding us…

Vietnam

“Customers are God”

I continue about the My Son in Vietnam. This ruin was the sanctuary for the ancient Chmpa Kingdom and in those days only priests, king and some of the aristocrats were allowed…

Vietnam

My Son

We went to ruin of My Son (pronounced as Mee-Sern) in Vietnam, which is listed as a World Heritage. This is a temple of the Chmpa Kingdom which founded about the 2nd…

Da Nang

Exotic Vietnam

Once we went out of the international hotel, it was exotic Vietnam. On the first day, we were surprised at small things, such as the conical hat. I have seen them in…

Vietnam

Vietnam for the first time

We went to Vietnam from Japan.It was my first visit to the country, but where we went was not Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, but the city called Da Nang in the…

Japan

Nostalgic town

We went to Ramen Museum in Shin-Yokohama in Japan with our family.Ramen is a popular Japanese noodle soup dish.I had only heard that this museum is a place where many Ramen shops…

Japan

Show

At the beginning, one of our friends who lives in London and was back in Japan at the same time as us said “There is a Tokyo sight seeing bus which includes…

Japan

Lovely time at Tokyo Tower

We went up Tokyo Tower. I had not been up there for decades. The hight of this tower is 333 metres which is 13 metres more than Eiffel Tower in Paris. It…

Japan

Zojoji

When we were walking towards Tokyo Tower, we came across a grand temple. That was Zojoji. Only a few days before, we went to Tanjoji and that was a main temple of…