Hi there! Happy new year 2023‼ I hope this year will be fabulous and glamorous for you! First of all, it is my 50th episode which I uploaded! Wow-!! When I started my blog in English, I planned to upload 100 episodes for a few years, but I gradually realized that writing a story in…
Category: Nature
Cozy Experiences of One-house Inn in a Secluded Hot Spring (Part1, Niigata)
I haven’t written about my hot spring travel for a while because I had refrained from visiting other places due to COVID-19 spreads, but I have started to go on a trip a little by little in nearby areas in Japan in these 6 months. I am very happy to upload my new Onsen (hot…
OZE National Park Hiking in Summer 2020
Hello folks, it has been almost half-year since the global pandemic of COVID-19. How have you spent your new normal life for these several months in your country? After the cancellation of the emergency declaration by the Japanese Government, the number of infected people has been increasing again especially in big cities, and has reached…
Fabulous View of Autumn Leaves at Nansudake, but Dangerous Experience As Well!
I am longing for the autumn season’s coming in Japan because it is the best season regarding climate and scenery. Especially, mountain areas in October are full of autumn leaves and covered by a wide variety of colors in nature. I just recollect that my trekking at Nasudake in Tochigi Prefecture where is well-known for…
Izu Oshima, The Nearest Island from the Center of Tokyo (Part 2)
Our visiting spots on the island (Part 2) Short Hiking Around Black Lava Desert On the way back to the northern area of the island, we dropped by “Ura-Sabaku（Black Lava Desert）”. We drove off the main street, and moved into the narrow road called “Tsuki-to-Sabaku Line (Moon and Desert Line), they were heading for the…
Izu Oshima, The Nearest Island from the Center of Tokyo (Part 1)
Do you know Tokyo has several islands? You may have already known “Ogasawara Islands” which are famous for register as World Natural Heritage. Izu Islands also belong to Tokyo and they have studded at Pacific Oceans over 550 km at the Southeast of Izu Peninsula. I had never been to any of them despite I…
Azalea Paradise and Tokyo Nostalgic Town, “Yanesen”
Hello again! Our consecutive national holidays called “Golden Week” (It is a kind of Japanese-English expression) have just finished in the first part of this month in Japan. It was a very unusual occasion for us to have 10 days’ consecutive national holidays due to celebrating the new emperor’s throne. (I just wrote about the topic…
Tips in Case You Are Interested in Hiring a Private Guide in Tokyo
When you travel in Japan, you may be considering to visit sightseeing spots by yourself. Thanks to progressing IT technologies, it is getting much easier to travel individually by using a smart phone. However, it is also one of good options that you hire a private guide of 1-2 days at the first part of…
My First Visiting to Yamaguchi Prefecture! (Part 1: Nature & Food)
Hello Folks! My first episode in 2019 is my exiting trip to Yamaguchi prefecture, where locates in the western part of Japan, with my Onsen (Hot spring) buddies at the end of January! I belong to the group which consists of Onsen lovers and it was the annual trip event and the first visiting there…
Came Back to Shima Onsen!
Winter season is the best for enjoying Onsen (Hot-springs). I can be so relaxed and have wonderful feeling whenever I jump into the warmer Onsen from very cold outside. The last episode in 2018 is about Shima Onsen in Gunma Prefecture where I visited with my husband the other day in this month. Shima Onsen…
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