Spot Report

Spot report – Kamo Aquarium (2024-11-11)

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 →

Spot report – Kakubu-en and Sankyo-soko (2024-11-09)

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 →

Spot report – Juroku-rakan-wa (2024-11-02)

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 →

Spot report – Night view of Hakodate (2024-10-21)

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 →

Spot report – Nikko-shirane Ropeway (2024-10-14)

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 →

Spot report – Gongendo Park (2024-07-22)

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 →

Spot report – Ryogami Mountain (2024-06-07)

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 →

Spot report – Miyajima Island (2024-03-19)

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 →

Spot report – Itsukushima-jinja Shrine (2024-03-18)

Webmaster visited Miyajima Island last month where world-famous Itsukushima-jinja Shrine is located.   Access: Osaka Shin-osaka (shinkansen 1:30) Hiroshima (local train 0:26) Miyajima-guchi (walk 0:05) Miyajima-guchi Port (ferry 0:10) Miyajima-ko (walk 0:10) @   After getting of the train, we need to take ferry to go to Miyajima Island.   Rafts of oyster farm can be seen on the way.… Read more →

Spot report – Yoshimi-hyakuana (2024-03-17)

Webmaster visited Yoshimi-hyakuana meaning hundred caves of Yoshimi. These caves are collective tombs in the late 6th to 7th Century designated as Nationally Designated Historical Site.   Access: Tokyo (local train 0:24) Ikebukuro (local train 0:55) Higashi-matsuyama (bus 0:05) Hyakuana-iriguchi (walk 0:08) @   This is the entrance to the caves. We need to pay for \300 yen to enter.… Read more →