France

Coming back to Galeries Lafayette

My visit to Paris was in the middle of summer sale. I went to other department stores, but  in the end came back to Galeries Lafayette. Here it is always full of activities….

France

It is Sale time!

It was early July when I went to Paris. It was the peak time for summer sale. It was even more exciting because the euro was low. I had some muscle ache for…

France

Japanese restaurants in Paris

You may think why you should eat Japanese in Paris, but there are many good Japanese restaurants in Paris. This time we went to ‘ Shu‘, specialised for Kushiage, fried vegetables and meat…

France

Writers gather here

Friends of mine, living in Paris took us to this pub in a back street. In the past, Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, a painter Tsuguji Fujita and etc, got together here. The name…

France

Great efforts to take this kind of photos

 At last we went all the way up to the top of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame. I felt as if I did one year worth of exercise. Apparently there are 387 steps. The number of…

France

Performers in Paris

This time, we decided to go up the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Of course there was a long queue. we had to wait for 40-50 minutes. During that time, a few street performers…

France

As small as a prison cell

This time, our hotel was Elysees Niel Hotel, located north east of Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile. The location was good, and functional, but the room was so small. Fortunately our suitcase was…

England

Taking photos in Regent’s Park

This summer in London, the weather is bad again, with a lot of rain. But we pop in to the Regent’s Park one weekend. This is one of the main parks in London…

Emilia Romagna

Torrechiara castle

The castle of Torrechiara in Emilia Romagna, Italy has the magnificent exterior. When I was watching a music programme on TV, a video of a band was used this castle as a location, and it…