It has been the mid-autumn in Japan, which is my most favorite season in a year. I believe this is the best time to travel in our country for enjoying landscape in the nature due to changing leaves colors from green to yellow & red. The season reminds me that a time to visit Teshiozawa…
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7,5,3 are special numbers for Japanese families with children
You may encounter Japanese families with children wearing on colorful kimonos when you visit to shrines and temples between late October and mid November in Japan. It is the season of “Shichi-Go-San” (means “Seven-Five-Three” in English) which is the traditional Japanese custom to celebrate children’s growth and to pray for their health in the future….
Somehow, I am an Omamori (Amulet) Collector
When you visit Shinto Shrine and Buddhist temples, you can find they are selling various kinds of Omamori (Amulets) at the booths in front of their main buildings. Each shrine and temple have usually their strengths and themes and are providing their own amulets such as exorcism, safety traffic, better fortune, good health, marriage &…
9 Basic Manners at Hot Springs or Public Baths in Japan
Hot springs (Onsen) and Public baths (Sento) are one of my favorite Japanese culture which I would like to leave to the future. So many foreign travelers also came when I visited to hot springs resorts all over Japan. I am very glad to share the wonderful culture with them, but I sometimes encountered regretful…
Japan is a Land of Natural Disasters – Earthquakes
You know, Japan is one of great countries with natural disasters in the world. We have lots of typhoons, river floods due to heavy rain, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes… (Of course, we must not forget that these volcanoes gave us wonderful hot springs all over Japan.) In particular, earthquakes are totally part of everyday life…
Fluffy Moss and Moss World in Deep Green Forest
The “Golden Week” which is continuous national holidays has just started since this weekend in Japan. If you have day-offs both on 1st and 2nd May, 9 days holidays is possible at most. How many holidays you can have depends on every year’s calendar dates and it is a good one for this year. Therefore,…
Let’s Go to Peach Blossom Paradise by Tatami-mats Train!
The cherry blossom season has just finished and beautiful fresh green season will coming soon around Tokyo. I went on hiking with my female friends to see peach blossoms in Yamanashi prefecture, next to Tokyo. As I wrote the blog before, Yamanashi is famous for fruit agriculture such as peach and grapes (Please read the…
Kusatsu Is a Nice Place, So Come There at Once!
Have you ever heard Kusatsu Onsen (Hot Spring ) in Japan? There is one of the most famous Onsen spots which are categorized in No.1 hot spring resort in Japan. The other day, I suddenly decided to go on a 1 night & 2 days trip there because I unexpectedly had a spare time on…
Our Enthusiasm to Cherry Blossoms!
Cherry blossom season has come a bit earlier than usual this year. This weekend was the last chance to see full of flowers and to enjoy outdoor parties among family & friends under the trees in Tokyo. Cherry blossom is the center of heart for Japanese As l wrote before in my blog, l haven’t…
Mt. Takao is the Nearest Oasis in Tokyo
Yesterday was a really fine day and warmer than usual, I went to Mt. Takao where locates in western suburb in Tokyo with my hiking buddy, a friend in my university days. We have often visited various mountains together for recent years. Our motto is “loose-climbing” and “don’t push ourselves so hard”. We would like…
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