Japan

Walk in Yanaka

After visitin Asakura Museum of Sculpture, we had a walk around Yanaka area in Tokyo. The damage from Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 and WW2 was relatively small in this area, so…

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Asakura Museum of Sculpture

A friend of ours took us to Asakura Museum of Sculpture in Yanaka in Tokyo. It situated in a relaxing residentianl town. They spent four years to renovate this museum and recently…

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Cape Futtsu

The last stop of our family holiday was Cape Futtsu in Chiba prefecture in Japan. Before going to the end of the cape, we had a lunch. We had conger eel meal…

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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…