Here’s our third report from Okinawa, the most southern part of Japan. You can enjoy many water sports there such as snorkeling, diving, sea kayaking. I decided to try the scuba diving and as this was the first time I tried scuba diving, I was extremely nervous. But the instructors were very professional and all…
Here’s our second report from Okinawa, the most southern part of Japan. Although Okinawa is influenced by foreign cultures, Japanese core value in architecture still remains. Shuri Castle locates in the central Naha town and it is the main tourist attraction which is always full of visitors. This is historic Ryukyuan Gusuku built on a…
Only about 3 hours from Narita Airport by flight, Okinawa is really different from the mainland Japan, both climate and culture. Located at the southernmost of Japan, used to be called as “the Ryukyu Kingdom,” Okinawa has tropical atmosphere where you have a chance to learn about some rare plants here. As the plane was…
Asakusa / Day trip / Downtown / excursion / Food Samples / Japanese food / Kappabashi Dogu-gai Street / samurai / shopping / Tokyo / Traditional / Uncategorized
Kappabashi Dougu-gai Street is a town of stores which have many kitchen tools and tableware such as dishes, knives, pans, cooking utensils, and wax food samples. It is located in Tokyo near Asakusa, you can find Japanese food culture easily when you visit here. The knives in Japan are well known with its quality and…
Day trip / excursion / Hiroshima / Itsukushima Shrine / Miyajima / Temples and Shrines / Traditional / Uncategorized
Visiting Hiroshima in the summer is another great experience for you! Under the beautiful sunshine, you can feel nice breeze which you will never see in the big cities such as Tokyo or Osaka. Our Hiroshima Private Tour is the best for your family trip. From two to five or six people, you will be…
Kawagoe is getting popular with its old architecture so called as Ko-Edo (little Edo). It flourished as one of the castle towns in the Edo period (17th – 19th century). You can get to Kawagoe only for one hour from Tokyo. Enjoy a time slip and rediscover the old era in Japan! The warehouse…
Nihon Minka-en (Japan Open-air Folk House Museum) is an outdoor museum which displays Japanese old houses in Kawasaki-city, in the Kanagawa Prefecture next to Tokyo. It has 25 traditional old houses from the Kawasaki area and East Japan. You can see many types of local houses such as farmhouses from a snowfall area or residence…
Tokyo has two faces with its modern one and traditional one. Today we joined a bus tour to go around Tokyo, with passengers from all over the world! Let’s see happens together…
Hiking road between Magome and Tsumago is quite popular lately, it’s a well preserved trail as a part of the historical Nakasendo Road between Edo (the old name for Tokyo) and Kyoto. We can just spend 3 hours from Magome-juku (Magome post town) to Tsumago-juku (Tsumago post town) or vice versa, to see what it was like.
We welcomed a huge number of tourists in Hiroshima again this spring!
Here’s our best recommendations for your tours to Hiroshima and Miyajima Island.
As a fan of the Ghibli movie “My Neighbor Totoro,” I made a hiking trip to Totoro’s Forest (Totoro no Mori) located at Sayama Hill, Tokorozawa, Saitama about 1 hour train ride away from Tokyo. Here you have a chance to see real life scenes that were inspired by Oscar winning animated film maker Hayao…
We had a day trip to Gotemba and Hakone, the popular destinations during your tour to Mt Fuji from Tokyo. Our tour departed from Shinjuku Keio Plaza Hotel, with a great Hina doll temporary exhibition! On the way to Mt Fuji I recommend you to stop by Gotemba Premium Outlet because there are various brand…
