Liguria

One night at Finale Ligure

On the day the first snow fell and stayed in Milan, we went over the mountains to Liguria, which is a little bit warmer. For the first time I went to west of Genova…

England

Canary Wharf is similar to Tokyo

Canary Wharf in London where lots of financilal institutions situated has similar atmosphere to Tokyo. It does not have the scent of Europe at all. It is newly developed area, and everywhere is nice…

London

Train with no drivers

This is Dockland Light Railway (DLR) which runs in east London. They run without any drivers, just like Yurikamome in Tokyo. I had a look and found that DLR comercially started in 1987 and…

England

This is the Olympic Stadium everyone watched

This is the Olympic Stadium that everyone in the world watched this summer. We were away for holiday this summer avoiding the crowd, so this was the first time I saw this actually. At…

England

Had a rest at the old gin factory

During our walk in the east London, we had a rest at a small cafe at Three Mills, which used to be a gin factory. Although the name is ‘three’, there remains only two….

England

The park I did not know

When you walk in unknown places, you will discover interesting things. On the day we had a walk in eastern London, we came across a big park, Victoria Park. I searched it online…

England

Redevelopment

When I had a walk in eastern London, I saw a lot of brand-new buildings. This area is not far from the Olympic stadium of this year’s event, and being redeveloped rapidly. …

England

Walk along the canal

It was a rare sunny Sunday, so we went out to walk along the canal in eastern London with a friend of mine. Canals in London are famous in north around Camden Town,…