Temple Zojoji Temple Part 3: Mausoleum of the Shoguns As I mentioned in the Zojoji Temple (Part 1) post, the intensive air raid during World War Two burned down most of the t... Monday, October 14, 2024 CultureTempleTokyoTradition
Temple Zojoji Temple Part 2: Cute One-thousand-Buddha-Statue Another attractive and photogenic site in Zojoji temple is the One-Thousand statues of Jizo (Small Buddha) beside the ma... Monday, October 14, 2024 CultureTempleTokyoTradition
Culture Zojoji Temple Part 1: A great contrast with Tokyo Tower Zojoji temple is one of the most photogenic tourist destinations in Tokyo. You can find the reason soon after you go thr... Friday, October 11, 2024 CultureTempleTokyoTradition
Drink Ueno Sakuragi Atari is a cozy but fantastic place. Ueno Sakuragi Atari is a small shopping and drinking complex comprising three renovated old Japanese houses built in 193... Thursday, June 20, 2024 DrinkFoodTokyo
Drink Kagurazaka, a nostalgic but stylish town in Tokyo. Kagurazaka is a town for adults who want to spend quality time with their loved ones. The atmosphere on the backstreet o... Tuesday, June 18, 2024 DrinkFoodTokyoTradition
Food Ramen Paradise! Ramen Museum in Yokohama Are you a ramen lover? If so, why not visit the Ramen Museum in Yokohama, a ramen heaven where you can enjoy a variety o... Wednesday, June 12, 2024 FoodRamenYokohama
Kamakura Yokohama Night Cruise, A Unique Experience! Yokohama is a modern city, just south of Tokyo. You can find it to be a beautiful, exotic port town. It sits between cen... Saturday, June 8, 2024 KamakuraYokohama
Culture June may be the best season to visit Kamakura. One of the best one-day trips from Tokyo is to Kamakura, which is about 60 minutes away from Tokyo station by rapid trai... Sunday, June 2, 2024 CultureGardenKamakuraShrineTempleTradition
Culture “A Three-Garden Tour in Tokyo” Part 3: Kyu-Furukawa Garden symbolizes the contrast between the samurai era and modernizing Japan. The last stop on the "Three-Garden Tour" is Kyu-Furukawa Garden, about a 15-minute walk from Rikugien Gardens or a 10-mi... Saturday, April 20, 2024 CultureGardenTokyoTradition
Culture “A Three-Garden Tour in Tokyo” Part 2: Rikugien, An Authentic Samurai-Lord style Garden in Tokyo The next stop of the Three-Garden Tour on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line is Rikugien Gardens. The Somei Mon gate is just n... Tuesday, April 16, 2024 CultureGardenTokyoTradition
Culture “A Three-Garden Tour in Tokyo” Part 1: Koishikawa-Korakuen, An Amazing Samurai Lord style Garden in Tokyo If you are enthusiastic about traditional Japanese gardens in Tokyo, I recommend "A Three-Garden Tour" on the Tokyo Metr... Sunday, April 14, 2024 CultureGardenTradition
Cherry Blossom The Temple Where Cats Bring Luck to You: Gotokokuji Temple In a calm residential area in Setagaya borough, a 10-minute walk away from Gotokuji Station on the Odakyu Line, you will... Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Cherry BlossomCultureTokyoTradition
Cherry Blossom Gorgeous weeping cherry blossom, Shidare-Sakura at night Rikugien Gardens' "Special Nighttime Viewing in Spring" is worth visiting because a lit-up Shidare-Sakura, a weeping che... Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Cherry BlossomGarden
Drink Japanese sake vending machine! Amazing! If you have time until your flight departs from Haneda Airport, I recommend you visit the shopping mall, Atre, at the JR... Saturday, March 30, 2024 DrinkFood
Cherry Blossom Sakura is now ready to bloom fully! Finally, Sakura (cherry trees) started blooming in my town yesterday. International visitors coming to Japan next weeken... Friday, March 29, 2024 Cherry BlossomTips
Cherry Blossom A lovely day with my guest: Smile, Happy and “Hoppy”! It was a great time exploring some sightseeing spots in Tokyo with a European family. They were so lovely, kind, and che... Thursday, March 28, 2024 Cherry BlossomCultureDrinkFoodTokyoTradition
Drink Oden, it’s a traditional Japanese homemade meal. So yummy! Although cherry blossom season was almost around the corner, it was still chilly, so I was in the mood to eat something ... Thursday, March 28, 2024 DrinkFood
Mt. Fuji Awesome! The clean spring pond was created by Mt. Fuji One of the places where we can find gifts from the nature of Mt. Fuji is Oshinohakkai, where pure and clean groundwater ... Friday, March 22, 2024 Mt. Fuji
Culture Macha!! Tea Break in Shinjuku Gyoen Garden In the almost center of the Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, a Japanese tea house, Anon, waits for you to serve Maccha, Japanese g... Sunday, March 17, 2024 CultureDrinkFoodTradition
Cherry Blossom Cherry blossoms on a rainy day in 2017 It was 2017; I took a video of cherry blossoms in the rain and petals flowing on a stream. Fully blooming cherry blossom... Sunday, March 17, 2024 Cherry Blossom