‘Travel Spots’ Archives
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 visite 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 [...]
