‘Travel Spots’ Archives
Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo
Today's topic is about Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka city, Tokyo. Some or many should know that this is the top animator of Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's museum, and he also often work inside here. When guests from the world come to see him, they are often invited into this museum for coffee tolk with Hayao Miyazaki ( what a lovely experience [...]
KYOTO, the highlight of Japan Trip
Kyoto means the Capital City in Japanese. Kyoto used to be the Capital of Japan for a long time. Kyoto was formed in late 8th century and this city became the Capital of Japan until late 19th century although sometimes the headquarters of Shoguns changed from Kyoto to Kamakura or somewhere else in the time of Shogunate. Emperor kept staying [...]
Shirakawago, the old community town of Japan
Many of old Japaneses houses are already gone with the change of the times. Yet, some of the traditional residential houses are seen in very old towns. Shirakawago is well known for its preservation of old houses of the local community. This area is in Gifu Prefecture of Japan, which is next to Kyoto Prefecture. As you see in the photo, [...]
Hokkaido, Japan is in Winter now
Hokkaido is the north island of Japan. It's a very nice summer resort place but cold in winter with much snow. Driving in this large island is one of travel memories for us all. However, there are a lot of nice food and beautiful scenery in Hokkaido that we should not miss in our travels. Joys of Hokkaido travels are really a [...]
Travel over Japan – Kyoto, Tokyo, and beautiful spots
I'm Japanese. That's why my comment here is biased. I was born here and traveled a lot in the world. Also I saw nice countries, nice people, and unique cultures. I often thought Japan has no good things to see for inbound travelers to Japan. Staying far away from Japan, I gradually noticed like "my country, Japan, seems to have many thing we [...]
Okinawa Song, Hana brings memories of beautiful beaches and people of Okinawa
I traveled a lot of times to Hawaii, Guam, Cairns, or some more beautiful beach resort places in the world. Among them, Okinawa is really special especially focusing on the beauty of the beaches. Okinawa's ocean is truly transparent and its beaches are speechlessly wonderful with white sands and warm winds. People of Okinawa is extremely [...]
OKinawa Song, Nada Sou Sou by Rimi Natsukawa
Now it's winter in Japan. Being in a cold season, we often think taking a travel bag to depart to beautiful southern island, Okinawa. Also I especially listen to this song, Nada Sou Sou, by a beautiful female singer, Rimi Natsukawa. Nada Sou Sou means that tear drops and this song conveys the feeling how beautiful the life in Okinawa [...]
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 [...]
