Ohanami or the flower viewing is the most popular spring activities in Japan. Unfortunately, this year 2020, due to the spread of the COVID-19, we are advised not to do flower viewing. But we can still enjoy flower viewing on the website. ...
Tag: nature
Ritsurin Garden – Visiting “Chestnuts Garden” without ChestnutsRitsurin 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 trees in this garden. Instead, the garden has many pine trees and other various greens and flowers. ...
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 ...
First Sunrise in 2019First Sunrise in 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR! A little too late though:-) It has been a while since I posted last because I have been quite busy lately. But finally I have time to write and today I would like to show you the photo of the first sunrise in 2019. ...
Walking in the Autumn GorgeWalking in the Autumn Gorge
There are many places in Japan you can enjoy walking during autumn. I took a one day trip to Yamanashi Prefecture and had a good walk in the autumn gorge called Nishizawa Keikoku Gorge. ...
Viewing Mt. Fuji from Other Mountains – Asahidake Mountain and Mt. KimpuViewing Mt. Fuji from Other Mountains – Asahidake Mountain and Mt. Kimpu
Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan and we think it’s the most beautiful. During summer time, many travellers including oversea visitors go climb Mt. Fuji. It is not so easy to climb this 3,776 meter-high mountain as sometimes people may suffer from altitude disease. So those who are ...
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. ...
Walking around Shosenkyo Gorge in YamanashiWalking around Shosenkyo Gorge in Yamanashi
Shosenkyo Gorge is in a beautiful national park in Kofu City of Yamanashi prefecture. There is a four-kilometer trail. This time, instead of enjoy a long hiking, I just visited Sengataki Waterfall which is one of the popular spots along the trail and walked a little bit around the area. ...