Whether you are visiting Japan or planning on living here, you should know everything there is to know about the popular 100-yen shops! What are 100-yen shops 100-yen shops (100円ショップ, hyaku en shoppu) – as the name might hint – are a type of store where you can buy a wide range of products for …
Do you eat bread or rice for breakfast?This is a question you will hear quite a few times if you live in Japan.Although Japan is famously known for its rice, there are many kinds of bread that were invented in Japan. To give a few examples of savory bread, we have the curry-filled bread, and …
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At a silent restaurant Finally we arrived at the station of Yoro Ravine, checked from the map, we thought the restaurants and the hot springs were all reachable on foot. But it turned out we are better to use the bus instead of walking, not only because the distance is farther than we thought, but …
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A small trip on the Kominato Railway Last Christmas, I had a small trip on the Kominato Railway to Yoro Ravine in Chiba. Yoro Ravine (養老渓谷) is on the middle of Boso Peninsula, which is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. When I first came …
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This article is continued from My Three Days Trip to Amami Oshima – Part 1. If you have not read it yet, please read part 1 first. Cape Miyakozaki, a part of Amami Gunto National Park After the first day of the gourmet journey, we headed for the main purpose of this trip – Cape …
Last month I had a wonderful 3 days trip to Amami Oshima, a big sub-tropical island of Kagoshima in Japan. Amami Oshima has been on my must-visit lists for a while. Recently I watched a Japanese history drama called Segodon, which describes the whole life story of Saigo Takamori, one of the most influential samurai …