Webmaster stayed at Hijiori Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture for one night on a business trip. https://hijiori.jp/en/ Access: Tokyo (shinkansen 3:50) Shinjo (bus 0:55) @ I strolled in the morning before departing for work. This is a small community which still conserves atmosphere as classic spa town. A morning market was held along the street. Local ladies sell… Read more →
Webmaster had a short visit to an active volcano Esan in Hokkaido Prefecture last month. Access by public transport: Haneda AP, Tokyo (plane 1:20) Hakodate AP (bus 0:20) Hakodate (bus 1:55) Esan-tozanguchi (walk 1:00) Kakogen Parking (walk 1:00) @ Tokyo (shinkansen 4:15) Shin-hakodate-hokuto (local train 0:23) Hakodate (bus 1:55) Esan-tozanguchi (walk 1:00) Kakogen Parking (walk 1:00) @ The… Read more →
Webmaster visited Kamo Aquarium in Tsuruoka City of Yamagata Prefecture, which is famous for keeping about 80 species of jellyfishes. https://kamo-kurage.jp/english/ Access: Haneda AP, Tokyo (plane 0:55) Shonai AP (bus 0:30) Tsuruoka-ekimae (bus 0:30) Kamo-suizokukan @ Tokyo (shinkansen 2:15) Niigata (express train 1:55) Tsuruoka (bus 0:30) Kamo-suizokukan @ From Tsuruoka Station, I took a public bus to the… Read more →
After visiting Juroku-rakan-iwa, Webmaster took train from Fukura Station to Sakata Station for about 20 minutes, and visited Kakubu-en Japanese Garden and Sankyo-soko Storeouses in Sakata. Access from Tokyo to Sakata: Haneda AP, Tokyo (plane 0:55) Shonai AP (bus 0:30) Sakata @ Tokyo (shinkansen 2:15) Niigata (express train 2:15) Sakata @ Sakata Station Kakubu-en is a five-minute… Read more →
Last week, Webmaster visited Juroku-rakan-wa – the relief of sixteen Buddhist saints on a rock face in Yamagata Prefecture. Access to Juroku-rakan-wa: Tokyo (shinkansen 2:15) Niigata (express train 2:25) Yuza (local train 0:06) Fukura (walk 0:15) @ Haneda AP, Tokyo (plane 0:55) Shonai AP (bus 0:30) Sakata (local train 0:21) Fukura (walk 0:15) @ I took a train… Read more →
Webmaster had a business trip to Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture, and visited Hakodate-yama Hill by ropeway for enjoying the night view of the city in the free time. Access to the ropeway: Haneda AP, Tokyo (plane 1:20) Hakodate AP (bus 0:20) Hakodate-ekimae (tram 0:07) Jujigai (walk 0:10) @ Tokyo (shinkansen 4:15) Shin-hakodate-hokuto (local train 0:23) Hakodate (walk 0:05) Hakodate-ekimae… Read more →
Webmaster had a short trip to Gunma Prefecture and took Nikko-shirane Ropeway in the trip. Access: Tokyo (shinkansen 1:15) Jomokogen (bus 1:30) Kamata (bus 0:25) Nikko-shiranesan-ropeway @ The lower station of the ropeway During the ride of the ropeway Finally, I arrived at the upper station with an altitude of 2,000m. There is a garden with… Read more →
Webmaster visited Gongendo Park of Saitama Prefecture last week. Access: Tokyo (local train 1:00) Satte (bus 0:08) Gongendo (walk 0:01) @ This park is famous for cherry blossom in spring. (Source: https://gongendo.jp/) Although cherry blossom had finished already, the park offers the visitors comfortable walking trail under the tree shade of cherry. And now, the… Read more →
Webmaster had a mountain hike at Mt. Ryogami in Saitama Prefecture last week. Although it was cloudy, I enjoyed a pleasant walk in nature. The mountain path is laid along a gorge in the first part. A waterfall in the gorge Some Azalea flowers pleased the hikers. Huge beech trees aside the path… Read more →
After Itsukushima-jinja Shrine, Webmaster visited some other interesting spots. Firstly, I visited Miyajima Aquarium which is only a 5-minute walk from the shrine. Some photos in the aquarium After the aquarium, I took lunch at a restaurant nearby. It was anago-meshi which was a charcoal-broiled conger eel on steamed rice in box. It tasted good, but… Read more →