“100 yen shop” is very unique business which is recognized that it is originated in Japan around 1985. Basically the price of all the goods sold there was 100 yen. The business style was also called “One Coin Shop” because there was no consumption tax in Japan then. People could …
Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan (3,776 meters). And Mount Fuji is the most famous mountain in Japan. 富士山は日本で最も高い（標高3,776m）山であり、日本で最も有名な山です。 その山の形は「成層火山」（コニーデ）という形式に分類されます。それは、適切な粘度の溶岩が同じ火口から何回も表面に流れて堆積した結果作られる形です。その形は均整がとれていて、日本人の美意識に古くから訴えかけてきました。その結果、日本には「富士見」という地名が非常に多く存在します。 The mountain shape is classified as “stratified volcano” (Konide). It is formed as a result of lava with a medium viscosity flowing over the surface from the same …
Petronas Twin Tower can be seen everywhere in Kuala Lumpur because it is 452 meters high. It was built in 1998. The owner is “Petronas” the national oil company in Malaysia. Petronas is known as the F1 sponsor for Mercedes. So there are two F1 model cars are presented at …
Lots of people live in Tokyo. And Shibuya is well known city as a crowded place with people. Especially the scramble crossing of Shibuya Station is very popular tourist spot to see unusual scene which cannot be seen in other countries. 東京には多くの人が住んでいますが、渋谷は多くの人々で込み合っていることで有名です。特に渋谷のスクランブル交差点は、他国では決して見られない希少な光景が見られるため、外国人観光客にも人気です。 There is a special place where we can …
The view from Lavender Bay is brilliantly beautiful, magnificent and healing. While Lavender Bay has such perfect bay view of Sydney, it is not so popular among tourists. I think this is because its location. Lavender Bay is located in North Sydney which is the other side of Sydney City …
“Pachinko”. This business is very unique gamble amusement only in Japan. A pachinko machine looks like a vertical pinball which uses small (11 mm) steel balls. While a conventional pinball machine play with one ball fairly long time manipulating flippers by hands, a pachinko machine launch many small pachinko balls …
There is a spot in Bangkok which is really like a “Jewelry box” at night. It is “Train Night Market Ratchada”. It opened in January 2015, there are about 1,000 shops on the site. It’s a night market, so the store will open around 5pm. バンコクにまるで夜の「宝石箱」に例えられる名所があります。「ラチャダー鉄道市場」です。2015年1月にオープンし、約1,000件のお店が敷地に並びます。ナイトマーケットなので、お店が開くのは午後5時くらいから。 There are many stores …
There are many shrines in Japan. So most shrines are only for their neighborhood residents and are not popular with other people. This Suga Shrine also used be a very local shrine until this Japanese anime movie came out. 日本には数多くの神社があります。そのため、それら神社のほとんどは近隣住民が知っているだけで、有名なものではありません。この須賀神社もそのようなローカルな神社でした。この日本のアニメ映画が放映されるまでは。 “Your Name.” (Kimi no Na ha) is Japanese anime movie …
Roppongi is very popular area in Tokyo for foreign visitors. Sometimes I can see more foreign people than Japanese especially at night. 六本木は外国人訪問者に非常に人気のあるエリアです。ここでは多くの外国人がいて、特に夜などは日本人よりも外国人の方が多いほどです。 Just two minutes walk from Roppongi intersection to Shibuya area, there is a large skyscraper which name is “Roppongi Hills”. It is the tallest building in Roppongi …
Wollongong is a mid-sized city in Australia which location is about 70 km south from Sydney. If you visit near Wollongong, there is a place which you must go. It is Mount Keira Lookout which is just 20 minutes drive from the central area of Wollongong. ウロンゴンは、シドニーから南に約70 kmの場所にあるオーストラリアの中規模の都市です。 ウロンゴンの近くを訪れるなら、絶対行くべき場所があります。 ウロンゴンの中心部から車でわずか20分のキーラ山展望台です。 …
