Driving Guides and Trips in Japan
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Guides
Also known as Shirasagijo - the White Heron Castle.
There are some 148 Castles spread around Japan, with about 22 in the Kansai Region.
Horyu-ji Temple - the Birthplace and Home of Buddhism in Japan.
There are some 148 Castles spread throughout Japan, with about 22 in the Kansai Region.
The birthplace of the "Iga Ninja", and Poet Matsuo Basho.
Trips
<Schedule>9:00 nanzen-temple12:00 kyoto station14:00 Sanjyuusangendou15:00 Kinkaikoumyou-temple16:00 Kinkaku-temple23:00 Ponto-city24:00 Chion-temple25:00 Gion<Sanjyuusangendou(meaning:33spaces temple)>Sanjyuusangendou means 33 spaces temple. It is built by 34 huge pillars, so there are 33 spaces. The length is about 120m. The first was built in 1164, but it was lost by the earthquake. The current temple was rebuilt in 1266 in the Kamakura period.In this temple, there are just 1001 bodys of Senjyu-Kannon who have eleven faces and one thousand...
Matsushima is very famous place of beautiful sea and island. Because it was consecutive holidays, The traffic jam was forecast. So I used not the main street but the side road along the sea. Driving the side road, I found the path which can only walk, cannot drive by car. I walked down to the path and I reach one of the island of Matsushima. In general, we cannot land on Matsushima's...
サイトポリシーのため、英語で記載してあります。日本語は、下方に記載しました。FBからの方はリンクをたどってください。(For site policy, Written in English. Sorry for my poor English) The Thirty three goddess walk is ancient Aizu area custom. Around A.C1900, it requires 1 week to trail each 33 goddess by walk. The purpose of trail is various, ex: hope to cure from disease of some family. But the most famous purpose is the training for bride lady. During 1 week walk, she can see other family's lifestyle and area of Aizu. She can...
裏磐梯が、紅葉シーズンを迎えましたので、見に行ってきました。会津若松を13：00に出発し、雄国山に車で登った後、裏磐梯に行き、15：00には猪苗代まで戻ってきました。2時間の駆け足コースです。裏磐梯への道は東京から来る方には一本しかないため、大変混雑します。特に、午前中の裏磐梯へ向かう方向、夕方の帰り道は混雑がひどいです。ですので、例えば、前日に会津若松に宿泊した方などは特に、喜多方経由で行くことをお勧めします。景色もいいですし。このコースは喜多方には立ち寄ってませんが、雄国山に立ち寄っているコースです。自然観光をする際に向いてますが、雄国山の道は大変細く、車のすれ違いは困難です。気をつけないと崖下にまっさかさまの危険な道です。今回は裏磐梯を駆け抜けてきてしまいましたが、裏磐梯は観光スポットがたくさんあります。一日中楽しめますので、遠くからわざわざお越しの方は、時間を十分取ることをお勧めます。
大好きな権現堂櫻堤と見沼代用水の櫻を見に行ってきた。途中で偶然見つけた中庄内排水路の櫻もなかなかだったので、来年も再訪問しよう。
Day 2: 札幌 - 北滝町 「ひまわりの里」 - Biei (美瑛) Pension JacatraWe spent day one of our trip mostly on the flight from Hong Kong to Japan. We arrived Sapporo quite late in the evening. The Summer Hokkaido trip literally begun on Day two.
We booked a 8-seater Honda Stepwagon from ORIX. The Sapporo branch was very close to the hotel we stayed in Sapporo and it's just several streets north to Sapporo JR...
Day 7: Lake Hill Farm - 昭和新山 It's the second day we stayed at the Lake Toyo region. The original plan was to take the lake cruise to 中島 and to go to several tourist spots in the region. The weather was however dull and dark on the day. We had a leisure walk in the morning on the lake side near our hotel. There were lots of statues with various themes along the promenade....
[English below]朝５時に、早起きして裏磐梯へ出かけた。この日の日の出は6：48。5：00に外に出ると、あたりはまだ暗かった。途中、5：30に猪苗代を通過の際、GPSの電源を入れる。晴れて星が瞬いていたのが、パラパラと雪が振り出し、これから向かう裏磐梯はかなり雪深いと感じた。裏磐梯エリアに到着すると、まず向かったのが、曽原湖。ここは僕が数ある裏磐梯の湖の中でも一番好きな湖。小さな池ではあるが、人工で作った箱庭のように、美しいのが特徴。真中に島が点々とあり、その島には木が生えている。静寂に包まれた湖。途中いくつかの湖にも立ち寄りながら、裏磐梯最大の湖である桧原湖畔を車で走り、喜多方市に抜ける岐路につく。途中、分厚い雲から朝日が差し込んできた。真っ白いが暗い静寂の中、湖の真ん中に強い光が差し込む様子は、かなり幻想的でした。非日常の空間は、普段考えもしないことが頭に廻るもので、その幻想的な景色を眺めながら、UFOが襲来してくるのではと、少し本気で怖くなりました。[English]I got up early to go to Ura-Bandai.At 5:00 am, it was still dark, because 6:48 sunrise on this day. It was little cold, but fine, so I could see the stars.At 5:30 am, I drive through Inawashiro area and turn on the GPS Device. It was a little snow, So I think Ura-Bandai is more covered with snow.At 6:00 am, I arrived at Ura-Bandai area and soon, I go to...
利根大堰にて「サケ遡上・採卵観察会」が行われるとのことで行ってきた。到着すると「今日の観察会は(雨のため)中止」の立て看板。がっかりして帰ろうと思ったが聞いてみると捕獲と採卵は行うとのことで地下の観察室を見学したりして時間をつぶし、捕獲と採卵、受精を見学。道の驛で昼飯食ったあとにテキトーに走っていたら「遺跡見学会」の幟を発見。予定外だったがちょっと見学して帰宅。
I went to Otsu city at three-days weekend on September. Otsu City is 450km away from Tokyo. I moved at the previous night by car. This trip begins from hotel on the morning and shows the first day's trip. There are many sightseeing spot around this area, but It is little a bit difficult to move in this area except a car. Each spots are separated and a few bus and train. I suggest to...
