‘Travel Spots’ Archives
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 [...]
Castle Cities of Japan
Japan used to be a country of battles among district Shoguns or Kings of Warriors. They had their Castle in their territory and the castles still remain in some cities. Actually, most famous castle we can see is Edojo Castle, which is a Castle in Tokyo. Emperor of Japan now live in that castle, so nobody can go in now. Edojo, or Tokyo [...]
New Year Started with heavy snow in Japan
It's said that the world is facing global warming. However, this year started with heavy snow in my hometown and in the northern parts of Japan. When we were kids, every year we had heavy snow and we could enjoy skiing and skating. Recent years, the amount of snow in winter of Japan decreased apparently, compared to the time of our [...]
Under 7 million travelers to Japan
Recently numbers of travelers to Japan has been on the increase for a long time. According to recent statistics, the numbers of last year went down under 7 million travelers. For the last 4 years, it's been more than 7 million. This big reduction in numbers is mainly because of the financial crisis, which led higher Japanese Yen rate. The [...]
MAMPEI HOTEL in Karuizawa, Footprint of JOHN LENNON in Japan
As everyone knows, godsent genius John Lennon chose a Japanes for his second wife, Yoko Ono. While John was busy as house husband for his son, Sean, Yoko Ono and John Lennon came to Japan with Sean. In Japan, John and Yoko visited Karuizawa, a city of resort, each year from 1976 to 1979 before John was shot to death. Then the hotel they [...]
Ski Tour in Japan
Winter time in Japan is really cold. But for the ski players, it would be a paradise time as they can ski in various skiing areas. Japan has many skiing areas. Popular zones are Tohoku Zao area, Nagano highland area, and maybe Hokkaido area. Tohoku Zao area is famous for its beautiful snow trees ( juhyo: see photo), which natural wind and [...]
