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For your travel, Nikon P300 digital Camera
I like taking photos. Usually I use old analog type camera of 35mm films. But recent technology forces me to use new digital camera. Actually 35mm film camera is no longer in use even in business fields like magazinesproduction or paper coverage. Today, I first used Nikon P300. I tried some more digital camera models before, that's [...]
Travelers are back in Matsushima, Aizu Wakamatsu, or Nasu
Matsushima is a beautiful place near Sendai. Matsushima also got damaged by the tsunami at this earthquak、but islands lying inside the Matsushima Bay protected inland of Matsushima. With a heavenly luck, this area's damage was not big. During the long vacation time called Golden Week in Japan, some worried there wouldn't be much travelers [...]
Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture
I went to Koriyama City of Fukushima Prefecture today. Koriyama City is a biggest city of commerce in Fukushima Prefecture and it's located 55 kilometer away from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. 20 kilometer circled area and some other dense radiation area are prohibited trespassing. Koriyama is not especially picked up as warning area, [...]
Mampei Hotel of Karuizawa, where John Lennon stayed
Today one of my dreams came true. I visited Mampei Hotel in Karuizawa, this is the hotel which my idol, John Lennon, would stay. Living in Japan, it's not that hard to come here to touch his footprints in Japan, but I didn't have a chance for it since I came to know about this hotel's relation with John Lennon. I walked in the hotel and [...]
KUSATSU hot springs, or Kusatsu Onsen collects tourists gradually
My residential place is not near to Kusatsu Onsen or Kusatsu hot springs area in Japan. Being stressed with the nuclear accident about 80 kilometers away from my home, I'm staying in this old and beautiful Onsen place of Japan. Kusatsu Onsen is absolutely among the top 5 famous Onsen places in Japan, and this Onsen hot springs has been sung as [...]
Akasaka Prince Hotel closed yesterday
In Akasaka, Tokyo, there is a beautiful archtecture standing high in front of us when we step out of Akasaka-mitsuke subway station. That's Akasaka Prince Hotel. This hotel was built when Japan was enjoying the boom of the growing economy in 1980's. It's a kind of symbolic hotel of Japanese good old time. Its shining and solid looking [...]
Tourists to Japan on decrease
Its not surprising t hear this news...the number of tourists to Japan is drastically decreasing just after the earthquake. Recently Japan tries to introduce international toursits to Japan as Welcome Japan Project. Gradually the tourist number was about to rise up and it seemed to be a successful promotion. However, all the aspects changed [...]
Emperor visits Nasu
Emperor of Japan often visit resort areas in Japan especially in hot summer time for escaping from busy days and taking a rest. Close to my hometown, there is a popular resort palce, NASU. Emperor would visit there every now and then, remembering the time of his visit, the roads are crowded with people to celebrate the visit with national [...]
Obon Time of Japan
It's an update in this blog after a long time interval. Sorry about it. Now we have, what we call, Obon time in Japan, which is one of traditional national events with consecutive national holidays. Usually people of Japan enjoy holidays from 13th to 15th of August, and many go back to their hometown. The reason for their retruning home is [...]
Japan is still in Winter ?
It's too cold still in Japan. You should be cafeful on your clothes if your Japan tour plan is close. It's really unusual climate today, the news said that Miyazaki city, where is located in southern part of Japan, had record low temperature in the last 100 years ! This is not just a phenomena seen only in Miyazaki but all over Japan now. [...]
