Sado Island has many old temples and shrines. This must be partly because many noble people came to this island. But these people came here not because they wanted to live in this northern island with cold and severe weather during winter. On the contrary, they were sent here as ...
Category: Driving
How to Explore the Nature in SadoHow 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 is better to travel around by a car. There are bus routes but the services are not frequent. ...
Icy Caves of Mt. FujiIcy Caves of Mt. Fuji
The rainy season of 2019 lasts very long and the rainy weather still continues in the middle of July. But today it became hot and humid. So how about seeing icy caves of Mt. Fuji? Mt. Fuji is a volcano and its eruption of over 1,000 years ago formed caves ...
Video of the Day – Portable Shrine of Fire Festival at Mt. FujiVideo of the Day – Portable Shrine of Fire Festival at Mt. Fuji
I wrote the posting about the Fire Festival of Mt. Fuji. Here is the footage of the march of the portable shrine. March of Portable Shrine at Fire Festival of Mt. Fuji from Walking Biking Japan on Vimeo. ...
Fire Festival of Mt. Fuji – Exploring the “Oddest Festival”Fire Festival of Mt. Fuji – Exploring the “Oddest Festival”
There are many summer festivals in Japan but the Fire Festival held in Fuji Yoshida City at the foot of Mt. Fuji must be one of the most unique festivals of all. Every year on 26 August, torchlights extend from the shrine town towards the middle of Mt. Fuji. Japanese ...
Being Soaked in the Mythical World of Suwa Taisha ShrineBeing Soaked in the Mythical World of Suwa Taisha Shrine
There are many shrines all over Japan but which is the oldest shrine? Many English-written websites talk about Izumo Taisha Shrine in Shimane but it seems there are other ten shrines which seem to be older than Izumo Taisha. I visited one of those oldest shrine, Suwa Taisha Shrine in Suwa City, ...
Seeing Summer Flowers in YamanashiSeeing Summer Flowers in Yamanashi
Yamanashi is very hot during summer because it is a basin surrounded by mountains. So it would be hard to walk around at this time of the year. But still, there are good things travelling in this season. You can see many flowers. ...
Sunflower Field in YamanashiSunflower Field in Yamanashi
I tried to change my site from wordpress.com to a rental server but could not succeed at that time. I hope this time I can manage. The first posting in this new site is the Sunflower Field in Yamanashi Prefecture. ...