Many cities in Japan will have their own decoration with lots of lights in winter. Here Yurakucho, the next station to Tokyo has got the beautiful illumination from November 16. 日本の多くの都市は、冬に数多くの電飾で飾られます。東京駅の一つ隣のここ有楽町も11月16日から美しいイルミネーションで飾られました。 Winter season is one of the most beautiful periods in many city area in Japan at night. ウインター・シーズンは日本の都市が、夜、最も美しく輝く期間です。
Shibuya is one of the biggest cities in Tokyo. And the area around the Shibuya station is experiencing very big revolution to build many tall buildings. “Shibuya Scramble Square” is the one, and it is the tallest building in Shibuya. The height of the tower is 230m. It has 47 …
Ginza is one of the most popular places for foreign visitors to Japan. There is a famous department store “Ginza Mitsukoshi” at the central area in Ginza. The land price around this area (Ginza 4 Chome) is known as the highest in Japan, which is more than 45,000,000 yen (414,000USD) …
Asakusa is one of the most popular spot in Japan for foreign visitors. And Sensoji temple and Nakamise-dori is the highlight of visiting Asakusa area because its atmosphere has “Japan Taste” very much. To visit Asakusa temple, it is the typical route to go to Kaminari-mon first. 浅草は日本を訪れる外国人観光客に格別に人気のある場所です。そして、浅草寺や仲見世通りは、浅草観光のハイライトと言えるでしょう。なぜならそれらは、日本的風情をとても持っているからです。浅草寺に行くには、まず雷門に行くのが典型的なルートです。 Kaminari-mon is …
“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 …
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 …
“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 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 …
