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Numazu's Tale of the Genpei Era -DEC,2024-
Opinions seem to be divided between Shizuoka and Yamanashi as to where the best view of Mt. Fuji is, but the view from Uchiura Bay is...
Dec 22, 20244 min read


Final home for cultural figures (Ome) -DEC,2024-
Winter has come a little early, and Tokyo has been experiencing dry, sunny weather. Ome's Ontake Shrine is known for its "mountain...
Dec 14, 20243 min read


Walking in Kashihara ~NOV,2024~
Kashihara Shrine is located at the foot of Mount Unebi, one of the three mountains of Yamato, and enshrines the first Emperor Jimmu. It...
Nov 24, 20245 min read


Nanao after the earthquake (Go Noto) ~ NOV, 2024 ~
It's been almost a year since the earthquake on New Year's Day, but out of the 21 inns in Wakura Onsen, including Kagaya, only four have...
Nov 19, 20245 min read


Uesugi Kenshin and After (Joetsu City) ~ NOV, 2024
Joetsu City has three castles designated as one of the 100 Great Castles and one of the another 100 Greatest Castles in Japan: Takada...
Nov 18, 20245 min read


Miura Peninsula - The Miura family was destroyed twice - OCT, 2024
Although it is called a coastal terrace, the southern part of the Miura Peninsula has been eroded, sedimented, and raised repeatedly,...
Nov 1, 20244 min read


Nanbu's Hometown -OCT,2024-
The Kamanashi River, which flows in from the northwest and originates from Mt. Nokogiri at the northern end of the Southern Alps, and the...
Oct 23, 20244 min read


Nagaokakyo ~OCT,2024~
Heijo-kyo was originally built as an eternal capital, but Emperor Kanmu moved the capital to Nagaoka-kyo 74 years later, and to Heian-kyo...
Oct 20, 20246 min read


Shibamata ~ OCT, 2024 ~
The Shosoin documents are kept in the Shosoin Repository of Todaiji Temple, but on the back of the paper used for the ledger was written...
Oct 3, 20245 min read


Traveling through Eastern Hokkaido ~ Sep, 2024 ~
I think there are quite a lot of people who collect stamps from the 100 Great Castles of Japan, but for people living in Honshu, it is...
Sep 24, 20244 min read


Chofu ~ SEP,2024
The name Chofu comes from the tax system under the Ritsuryo system, the tax system of "so-yo-cho". Cho was a tax on textile products and...
Sep 18, 20243 min read


Hot spring therapy in Yamashiro ~ September 2024 ~
I took my parents to Yamashiro Onsen, taking advantage of the opportunity of my high school reunion. We went to Wakura last year, but the...
Sep 9, 20245 min read


Speaking of Fukaya ~ AUG,2024
Speaking of Fukaya, it is green onions or Shibusawa Eiichi, who is on the new 10,000 yen bill. It has already been three years since...
Aug 29, 20245 min read


Okinawa again this year ~ 2024, AUG
Last year, during the Obon week, I rushed around the five of 100 Famous Castles and another 100 Famous Castles in Okinawa, but this year,...
Aug 18, 20243 min read


Extremely hot weather in Hamamatsu - July 2024
The province with Lake Biwa, close to Kyoto, was called Omi, while the western part of Shizuoka prefecture, with Lake Hamana, far away,...
Aug 1, 20245 min read


Tsugaru Migration JUL, 2024
I've always wanted to go to the Sannai-Maruyama ruins, and there are many options for travel from Tokyo to Aomori, including the...
Jul 16, 20247 min read
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