Do you know "naki-suna" (squeaking sand) that sounds when you walk along the coast? The sandy beach of "squeaking sand" is in all over Japan, and there may be some people who have already experienced, but the manner of singing Kotohikihama beach in Amino Town in the Tango peninsula is particularly amazing. Even if the wind blows it sounds squeaky enough to produce a … [Read more...] about Kotohikihama Beach, Kyoto
Izusan Jinja Shrine, Shizuoka
In Atami famous as a spa town, there is "Izusan Jinja Shrine", a shrine that is familiar to MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and Masako HOJO. There is divine favor in marriage and it is popular shrine crowded with many worshipers. Izusan Jinja Shrine is, as its name suggests, located in Mt. Izu-no-Oyama. It is located about 170 meters above sea level, and it goes up to the shrine with a … [Read more...] about Izusan Jinja Shrine, Shizuoka
Zuisenji Temple, Kanagawa
"Zuisenji" along the Kanazawa Route is a temple built by Muso Soseki (later Muso Kokushi) in 1327. Muso Soseki was active from the end of the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Court earlier period, and also made a garden such as Tenryuji in Kyoto. The garden that Muso Soseki made was discovered and restored in 1970 and is designated as the scenic spot … [Read more...] about Zuisenji Temple, Kanagawa
Ageuma Shinji (Horse Jumping Festival), Mie
In Japan it is said that there are more than 200 shinto rituals about horses throughout the country. "Yabusame" and "Ageuma" where people and horses are performed together are a brave myths with a long history in Japan. Moreover, in "Tado-Taish Shrine" and "Inabe-Jinja Shrine" of Mie prefecture where these are performed at the same time, the local residents keep treating the … [Read more...] about Ageuma Shinji (Horse Jumping Festival), Mie
Nagoya City Science Museum, Aichi
The Nagoya City Science Museum is located within Shirakawa Park, a 5-minute walk from Fushimi Station. This science museum, which has the world's largest planetarium, is a facility where you can learn science while experiencing the theme of "Try looking and touching out". Besides the theme-based experiential type exhibition, the experiment show, the exhibition which exhibits … [Read more...] about Nagoya City Science Museum, Aichi
Atami Plum Garden, Shizuoka
Atami Plum Garden is a plum garden with more than 120 years of history in Atami. Mogi Sobei, a silk merchant representing Yokohama in 1886, landscaped and was dedicated to the Imperial family for a while. After becoming a state-owned property in 1952, the city is managing. It has been opened to the public as a place where "plum blossoming early in bloom" and "slowest autumn … [Read more...] about Atami Plum Garden, Shizuoka
Yokohama Chinatown, Kanagawa
As a tourist attraction representing Yokohama, "Yokohama Chinatown" whose name is listed first. Not only as a gourmet city where you can enjoy authentic Chinese cuisine, the whole city is full of places like amusement park. Yokohama Chinatown is located in a corner of Naka-ku Yamashita-cho where Yokohama's sightseeing spots concentrate. Yamashita Park and Motomachi shopping … [Read more...] about Yokohama Chinatown, Kanagawa
Gaikaku Housuiro(Underground Discharge Channel), Saitama
Huge underground holy shrine in Kasukabe city, Saitama prefecture "Gaikaku Housuiro" (Underground Discharge Channel). This Metropolitan Underground Discharge Channel is a disaster prevention facility that dispatches water to protect the metropolitan area from flood damage, not a tourist facility. Therefore, until now only some weekdays were open to the public in general. … [Read more...] about Gaikaku Housuiro(Underground Discharge Channel), Saitama
Neo Park Okinawa, Okinawa
"Neo Park Okinawa" in Nago city in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. It is a natural botanical and animal park where you can interact with pasturing animals on a large site. Neo Park Okinawa opened in 1987 is a natural animal park that makes use of the subtropical climate and the wilderness of Yanbaru (northern part of Okinawa). The vast grounds of 22 hectares … [Read more...] about Neo Park Okinawa, Okinawa
Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages), Kyoto
It feels like reading a story scroll. Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages) is one of the "three largest festivals in Kyoto" lining up with Aoi Maturi Festival, Gion Matsuri Festival, was started in Heian Shrine in the middle of Meiji era. It is a masterpiece that the queue in each period's costumes walks through the city of Kyoto. You will be immersed in the feeling that you … [Read more...] about Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages), Kyoto