Fushimi in Kyoto, Sightseeing from Boat
Jikkoku-bune (10 koku boat) was a transport boat used in the Edo era, transporting sake, rice, or passengers from Fushimi (Kyoto) to Osaka. The word […]
各地の紹介 PLACES
Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses (3)
11. This is a farmer’s house, built in about the mid-18th century, in a deep-snow district (the snow lay 2 meters or more) in Japan. […]
Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses (2)
6. Next, Magariya from the Nambu area (Iwate Prefecture). The Japanese term Magariya is an L-shaped house (or, literally, “bent house”) in which a stable […]
Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses (1)
There is an open-air museum called “Open Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm Houses” in Toyonaka-City, Osaka Prefecture, in which typical houses (mainly farm houses), […]
Osaka Castle
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From 2018 into 2019
Towns become very lively with Christmas displays when November comes to an end every year. Street trees are decorated with illumination: Christmas trees are situated […]
Kaiseki-ryori in Kyoto – Hyotei
Although it was extravagant, we had Kaiseki-ryori (a traditional Japanese meal brought in courses) in a Japanese-style restaurant, Hyotei, in Kyoto. This restaurant started as […]
Stroll in Kyoto – Murin-an
Beside Nanzenji temple in Kyoto, Murin-an (“an” means hermitage), a second house of Aritomo Yamagata, who was a politician in the Meiji period, is situated. […]