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Listed: Jan 17, 2011
chottomatte's Japan blog ― All the photos are from the last Sunday – 20th of February. In general this year the ume sakura comes a little bit later than usual. Previous years at that the time the ume trees were in full blossom but as you will see from the photos ...
Tags: Osaka, Ume Sakura, Ume, Ume Sakura 2011
Chottom ― 27 Feb, 11
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Finally I know why it almost never snows in Kobe or Tokyo – simply because all the snow fall is in Kanazawa! So if you want to see a real winter in Japan and you have no time to go to Hokkaido – just go to the Japanese Sea shore. There...
Tags: Japan Travel, Parks
Chottom ― 31 Jan, 11
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Tokyo definitely must be one of the most decorated Christmas/New Year cities in the world. Shinjuku is only one of the hundreds must see spots. Here is a photo walk through this year decoration. First – the approach to Shinjuku station ...
Tags: Japan Travel, Tokyo, Christhmas, Tokyo, Tokyo New Year 2010
Chottom ― 1 Jan, 11
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Finally we did it – we succeeded to visit Kobe Luminarie 2010 (for pictures from 2009 click here and here). Only 25-30 min walking from Kobe Motomachi station and the fairy tail of light begins: This is the main entrance. After it there is...
Tags: Kobe Travel, Kobe, Luminarie
Chottom ― 12 Dec, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Yet another autumn leaves (Koyo) blog entry. This time it is from Sumadera temple – a very nice (and not very well known) shrine complex near Suma beach Kobe. The easiest way to reach it is Suma beach JR station – after that around 15...
Tags: Japan Travel, Nature, Shrines, Japan Autumn, Momiji, Shrine
Chottom ― 11 Dec, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― After long interruption it is time for a new blog entry. This time it is from Sasayama (篠山) Hyogo prefecture. It takes around one hour by bus from Kobe – Sannomiya but you can reach it with JR railway also. We stayedd in Unitopia Sasayma...
Tags: Japan Travel, Kobe Travel, Japan Autumn, Koyo, Momiji
Chottom ― 4 Dec, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― This year we haven’t skip the Kobe winery trip organized by school. The timing was perfect – just a day after the summer heat finally finished. It takes around 25-30 min from the center of Kobe to reach the winery (with the school ...
Tags: Kobe Travel
Chottom ― 26 Sep, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Every girl (and I am sure many boys) are crazy about HeartCatch PreCure in Japan nowadays. You can sell anything as far as you put the PreCure images on it! Who are HeartCatch PreCure? A bunch of super girls who are fighting evil forces, of ...
Tags: Japan Culture, Japan Daily, Anime, HeartCatch PreCure
Chottom ― 21 Sep, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Kanazawa is famous for its Kenrokuen garden (here you can see it by day and here by night). But here is another place which you should’t miss and this is the Kanazawa fish market. It is called Omicho and it dates back to 18 century. It is ...
Tags: Japan Culture, Japan Travel, Fish Market, Kanazawa
Chottom ― 10 Sep, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― Here are the photos and the video from this year Obon Dancing festival (or Obon odori – お盆踊り in Japanese). Even though it looks like it is in the middle of the countryside it was just a few hundred meters from our apartment in one of the ...
Tags: Japan Culture, Kobe Travel, Dancing, Festivals, Matsuri, Obon
Chottom ― 23 Aug, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― If there is a flower symbolizing Japan – this is definitely the chrysanthemum. In Japan it is known as the “sun” flower and as the emperor is descendant of the sun goddess it is his symbol too. The highest order of Japan is even...
Tags: Flower Festivals, Japan Culture, Chrysanthemum, Flower Festivals, Flowers
Chottom ― 19 Aug, 10
chottomatte's Japan blog ― If you happen to visit Kobe at the and of April/beginning of May – do not miss it! It is an annual event. The official name is Infiorata-Kobe (here is a link to its site – in Japanese) and usually it is organized in the center of Kobe...
Tags: Flower Festivals, Flower Festivals
Chottom ― 17 Aug, 10
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