A new ítem “Sake brewery tours” is uploaded on Tourist Spots (Red 1). There are some 1,500 breweries of Japanese sake in Japan, many of which are located in the countryside. Very often, those local breweries are the pride of its area. Here, some hundred breweries which offer brewery tour are shown on the map.
Blog “Season’s topic” is updated. Now rice plant is ripening in the countryside of Japan.
Blog “Spot report” is updated. Visiting Shibata Castle and Japanese garden Shimizu-en is reported.
Blog “Spot report” is updated. Visiting Ichishima Sake Brewey is reported.
Blog “Spot report” is updated. Visiting an old castle town Murakami is reported.
Blog “Food of the región” is updated. The food introduced here is salmon cuisine of Murakami which is well known as the town of salmon.
Blog “Spot report” is updated. Visiting Iyoboya Salmon Museum (Iyoboya-kaikan) is reported.
Blog “Spot report” is updated. Visiting Suzu Waterfall (Suzuga-taki) is reported.
Blog “Season’s topic” is updated. The topic is the sound of cicadas.
A new series “Sweets of the región” is started in the Blog. Each region of Japan has its own specialty and tradition of sweets and cakes. In this Blog, sweets of the region to which Webmaster is attracted shall be shown. The choice is very subjective.
The sweet introduced at the first blog is sasadango of Niigata Prefecture.