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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Cherry Blossom Early-blooming Sakuras in Shinjuku Gyoen Garden
I walked through Shinjuku Gyoen Garden, one of the largest gardens in Tokyo, yesterday morning (March 16, 2024). It was ...