Japanese Local Travel Guide – Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka & Hidden Gems in Japan

Explore Japan with a local guide – temples, shrines, shops and hidden gems in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

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Original ancestry of Japanese manga“Choju-Jinbutsu-giga”

2019/01/27   -Art, Diary, History, 未分類

Japan’s famous national treasure! ! Let’s go and see it!! Picture scrolls “Choju-J …

Mii-dera temple – Side of the biggest lake in Siga prefecture –

Mii-dera Temple(The official name The Onjo-ji Temple)目次 246, Onjojicho, Otsu-shi, Shiga, 520-0036, J …

The best Cloisonne craft technique in Japan.

2018/08/28   -Art, History, Kyoto

Namikawa Cloisonne Museum of Kyoto.目次 Address : 388 Horiike-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605-0038, Ja …

From the area near the summit we can get a full view of Kyoto Basin!!

Shogun-zuka(将軍塚)and Seiryu-den(青龍殿)目次 Zushi-oku-Kachou-cho 28, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto Hello. Today I wi …

Osaka Expo park National Museam of Ethnology is Fun!!

2018/04/03   -Few foreign tourist, History, Osaka

Osaka Expo park is very nice place for children. There are lots of playgrounds and two Museum. Seaso …

Ise grand shrine. A majority of that space is forest.

2018/01/15   -History

Ise shrine, a majority of space is forest.目次 Around of the Japanese shrine is forest. We call this f …

2018 my first visited place was Ise Shrine!!

2018/01/06   -History

I visited Ise Shrine on 3rd January. It is important 3 days of New Year for Japanese people. It is l …

There are more than 10buildings in the precincts. Shoten-san temple.

The Ikoma Mountain 642 m high. Shoten-san temple is the middle of this Mountain. About 300 m high. T …

I walked on the pilgrimage road and reached Hongu-Taisha shrine

I walked along Nakahechi road. There are 4 pilgrimage roads in the Kumano area. 1.Nakahechi road It …

I started walking the pilgrimage road “KUMANO KODO”

I started at 8:30 in the morning from the hotel by car. I arrived at the car parking area Kumano Hon …