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.

Clothes in March

March is getting warm in Japan. If you are lucky, you will see cherry blossoms bloom. near the end o …

Time travel !! Let’s go Osaka into the past?

2018/03/01   -Art, Osaka

You can experience Osaka past. This Museum is in a building 8F. You can see the town of 1830’s …

Art craft “Inden” is Japanese traditional techniques

2018/02/27   -Few foreign tourist, Osaka

I visited Indenya shop where I could see nice art and craft. This craft was liked by the samurai.  I …

The god of Tumor – Ishikiri Shrine –

Many people pray for the healing of the tumor “Ishikiri shrine” If you pray to the god o …

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

2018/01/15   -History

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

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 …

Let’s have fun this year too with Japanese trip!!

2018/01/04   -Diary, Osaka

I want to update my blog posts of fun trip from Osaka. I hope many people to read. I will write dail …

Café in Shoten-san temple

There is cute Café in Shoten-san temple. You can see this terrace right side of the gate. It sell th …

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 …

Ikoma Mountain Shoten-san Temple(3 hour tour from Osaka city, 3000 yen per person)

2017/12/24   -Few foreign tourist

Ikoma Mountain Shoten-san Temple The official name is Hozanji Temple in the Ikoma Mountain. But a lo …