March 16, 2020 Dolls of Girls’ Festival Japanese families with daughters celebrate Girls’ Festival on March 3rd. The origin of the festival is not very clear but it was started over…
February 5, 2020 Ritsurin Garden – Visiting “Chestnuts Garden” without Chestnuts Ritsurin Garden is a must-visit Japanese garden in Kagawa Prefecture. Ritsurin, written in Chinese characters, means “chestnuts woods”. But interestingly, there is no chestnuts…
October 3, 2019 Pilgrimage to Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kagawa Pilgrimage to Kotohira-gu Shrine in Kagawa became popular during Edo Era in 18th and 19th Century. Pilgrimage in Japan is the origin of tourism…
September 3, 2019 Temples and Shrines and Lost World in Sado Sado Island has many old temples and shrines. This must be partly because many noble people came to this island. But these people came…
August 30, 2019 How to Explore the Nature in Sado The nature in Sado Island is really extensive from the sea to the mountains. So if you want to fully explore the nature, it…
August 28, 2019 Learning the Gold Mine of Sado Island Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture has a gold mine. They started digging in 17th Century and continued until 1989. The production of the gold…
August 26, 2019 Floating on a Unique Tub Boat – Sado Island – I had a very unique experience of a tub boat in Sado Island. It is literally a tub boat made of a tub cut…
August 21, 2019 Visiting Unique Architecture of Itchiku Kubota Art Museum Itchiku Kubota Art Museum, located near Kawaguchi-ko Lake in Yamanashi, is an off-the-beaten-path architecture. Kubota was an textile artist who revived the old silk…
July 31, 2019 How to Travel in Japan During Summer Time Are you coming to Japan during summer time? You can enjoy Japan any time but if you happen to come here in summer, there…
July 24, 2019 Yakisoba Noodles in Fujinomiya Yakisoba noodles are typical Japanese foods sold in food stalls. You can find them often in festivals of temples and shrines. With some reason,…
