latest sakura forecast in Japan

Finally Sakura season has came!!!
The temperature is above average in this week.
I have a plan to go to see Sakura on next holoday !

Japan ranking

Do you know...

Where is the longest river in Japan?

Where is the largest population in Japan?

Where is the most highest "average life span" in Japan?

If you would like to know these answer,
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ZEN

Do you know ZEN?

Zen had a great influence on Steven Jobs!
ZEN can remove all Kleshas.

You can experience ZEN with English explanation in Japan!

For more details, click HERE!

Where is the most fantastic place in Japan?

I think here is No.1 for fantastic place in Japan!!

Here is called "castle in the sky" or "machu picchu in Japan" .
Actually, here is National important cultural properties.

If you want to know about this machu picchu in japan,
click HERE!

TOP 10 surname in Japan

Top 10 surname in Japan!!

No.10 Kato
No.9 Yamamoto
No.8 Kobayashi
No.7 Nakamura
No.6 Ito
No.5 Watanabe
No.4 Tanaka

If you want to know the result of TOP 3, Please click HERE!

Latest SAKURA cherry blossom forecast!

SAKURA season will come soon.

In this week, It was really cold all over the Japan.
But next week spring will come!
I can't wait !!

This is the latest SAKURA forecast issued in 13th of March.

Sakura will bloom around next week in West Japan.

The best is first week of April.

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UNIQUE TOURS JAPAN

Unique trains in Wakayama, Japan

There are unique trains in Wakayama.

cat train.

Toy train

Strawberry train

Not only Japanese but also foreigners come to Wakayama to take these train and
to see this cat!

If you want to know more, click here!

Most famous cat in the world!

Do you know her?

She is not just a cat.
Many foreigners come to Japan to see her everyday!
I think she is the most famous cat in the world.

She is working here.

Cat shaped building.
What does she do?

If you want to know the answer....
Please visit here!

The best seat to see Mt.Fuji from train and air

When you travel from Tokyo to Nagoya,Osaka,Kyoto…(from east to west),
or travel from Osaka,Kyoto,Fukuoka,Okinawa…to Tokyo(from west to east),
you can see Mt.fuji !

If you take Bullet train
Both way, from east to west, west to east, please reserve “E” window seat.

Actually, Air is complicated…
Nomally,
・From Haneda to Komatsu, Chubu,Izumo,Fukuoka,Hiroshima,Nagasaki…”A“Left window.

・From Haneda to Osaka,Naha,Miyazaki,Kagoshima,Kochi,Tokushima,Ishigaki,

Amamioshima,Nanki shirahama,   …”k” Right window

・From Haneda to Kitakyushu,Kumamoto,Matsuyama,Oita,Okayama,Takamatsu,Yamaguchi Ube…
difficult to see because fly right above Mt.Fuji…

From above these airport to Haneda…”A” Left window.

But this is normal situation, sometimes it may change ...Up to situation.

I hope you can enjoy beautiful Mt.Fuji from train and air!!

Girls’ festival

Today on 3rd of MAR. is Girls’ festival “HINAMATSURI” in Japanese.
The family who have a daughter display dolls like this.

This is a traditional style of dolls in Girls' festival.
On the top, The Emperor and the Empress are displayed.
2nd...three court ladies,
3rd... five musicians,
4th... two ministers,
5th...three servants,
6th & 7th... furniture and foods

are displayed.

We start to display these dolls in February, and store them away immediately after the festival.
The reason is...

we believe that leaving the dolls will be result in late marriage for daughter!

Make your plan to visit Japan

Now I’m planning to travel unique tours!

For example…
・Home stay in Japanese house
・Geisha(Maiko) experience in Kyoto

・Sightseeing in Kyoto wearing Kimono
・Wedding photo
・Watch fireworks festival wearing yukata
・Attend the tea ceremony etc…

I would like you to know by experience that this is real Japan!

If you have any plan, please let me know.

hotel in Yokohama

I love Yokohama.
When I come to Yokohama,I stay 『Yokohama grand intercontinental hotel』.
It takes only 5min by walk from Minatomirai station.

This hotel is one of the landmark of Minatomirai.
It takes around 40min from Tokyo.
I think Yokohama looks like Kobe. Both of them are port city and has China town!

At night,I go to china town for dinner. It takes only 10min by car.

The room is enough space and enjoy city view at night.
This is superior room with city view.

total ★★★★☆
room　★★★☆☆
view ★★★★☆
cost ★★★★☆
staff ★★★★★
location　★★★★☆

sushi restaurant in Japan

Do you know 『Kaiten-zushi』?

This is conveyor belt sushi.
Little plates of sushi that go around on a circular conveyor belt that everybody sits around,
and sushi chefs make them in the middle.
After you’re done eating, the cashier counts the number of plates you had to calculate your bill.

You can pick up yourself from conveyor belt or you can order to chef directly.
Some of sushi restaurants has bullet train and it carries sushi that you orderd!

This sushi restaurant is 『Kappa sushi』.

Everybody likes to go to kaiten zushi because this is not expensive
and we can enjoy various of sushi!
Please visit Japanese style of kaiten zushi.

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SAKURA Cherry blossoms forecast in 2015

This is a cherry blossom forecast in 2015.

This forecast shows it is the time to start bloom.
Full bloom is 1st of week of April in Tokyo,Kyoto,Osaka and Fukuoka etc. except north part of Japan.
In this season, Many foreigners visit Japan every year to see sakura(cherry blossoms)!
I think this is the best season to come to Japan because temperature is comfortable and sakura is so beautiful.
If you have a plan to come to Japan to see sakuara, please come on 1st week of April.
But the forecast will be updated so please check this forecast
and do not miss full blooms of sakura!!

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shopping at Muji

『Muji』is a shop selling foods, clothes,cosmetics,stationery,furniture,etc.
All items are simple and basic and the price is not expensive.
Muji start to sell house also!!

The concept was born of the intersection of two distinct stances,
no brand (Mujirushi) and the value of good items (ryohin).

Muji has 385 shops in Japan.
The simple but functional!
My recommendation is foods and snacks.
Especially Neri Ume (snack)!!!
This is a sour‐sweet plum 
Some of stationary and snacks can buy 『FamilyMart』(this is convenience store).

Where can you get SIM card

I lived Delhi before because of my business.
When I came back to Japan for temporary return,
I always had problem with SIM card…
But now, you can buy SIM card at majour international airport!!

Actually, Japan had no SIM free mobile until iPhone 5s was released.
Now SIM card become popular!

①【Prepaid LTE SIM issued by So-net】
You can get major airport Narita, Haneda, Kansai etc. and
train station at Tokyo, Kyoto and some home appliances shops.
If you need more details, please check here!

price
・1GB for 30days … 3000Yen
・2.2GB for 30days … 4000Yen
・3GB for 30days … 5000Yen

This is convinient to get SIM card but expensive…:’-(

I will give you another SIM card information!
See you next!

How to do when earthquake hit

We don’t know when earthquake hit.
In Japan, We learn how to protect myself from earthquake when we are child.
And every year we have a practice to evacuate at school and company.

Remember the following these rules to keep cool and be calm.
・Protect yourself and your family.
・Avoid rushing out of the building.
・When you are in outside, protect your head and keep away from building.
・If you are in hotel or department store so on..follow the instruction.
・Watch out for falling rocks, landslides, and tsunami.
・When you evacuate,do not carry too much.

These are very important.

shopping at Daiso

『DAISO』is a shop selling everything! like foods,Japanese goods,stationery,cosmetics…etc.
And The price is all 100yen each!!!
But nowadays Daiso sells 300yen or 200yen, 500yen… also,
If there is no price tag, it is 100yen.

Daiso has shops at Haneda airport domestic terminal and
Kansai international airport.
These shop is not big but you can buy a gift only 100yen!
When I lived in Delhi, I always buy gifts here because each item is only 100yen and
I can buy many gifts!

Daiso has website but it is only for Japanese…
There are around 2800 shops in Japan, so you can find easily.
This is the most useful shop in Japan!!

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Japanese sports “SUMO”

Sumo is the national sport in Japan. It is a kind of martial art where two sumo wrestlers,
or rikishi, fight in a ring, or dohyo.
As you may already know, a wrestler loses the bout if he is forced out of the ring,
or if any part of his body other than the soles of his feet touch the ground.

To be a sumo wrestler, you must be at least 173 centimeters tall and weigh 75 kilograms.
It is said that some people who were not tall or heavy enough,
hit their heads to get a lump or drink a lot of water before the measurement.
There was one wrestler who even had surgery to put silicon on the top of his head before the measurement.
You see many sumo wrestlers, however, who are taller than 180 cm and weigh over 100kg.
They have their hair tied up in a certain style, called oicho.
This is not just a matter of aesthetics, but protects the wrestlers’ heads when they go head-to-head
at the beginning of the match or if they fall out of the ring.

The Japan Sumo Association holds six tournaments, or hon-basho, each year.
Tokyo hosts hon-basho in January, May and September, Osaka plays host in March,
Nagoya in July and Fukuoka in November.
Sumo wrestlers wear a silk belt, or mawashi, which is 10 meters long and weighs four to five kilograms.
They also attach fringes, or sagari, which have 17 to 21 strings to the belt.

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What will you buy for gift ?

This is the Best 3 for souvenir!!!
This is the result of survey for foreigners who lives in Japan.

No.3

Yukata!
Do you know what’s the difference of Yukata and Kimono?
The shape is same but material is different.
And Yukata wear without underwear.But Kimono needs underwear.
Souvenir shop sells Yukata.

No.2

Chopsticks!
If you use chopsticks, you can eat slowly.Good for health!

No.1!!!!!

In Japan,there are lots of flavors! Please check HERE.
Of course, NO.1 is 『Maccha』Green tea flavor.

Others…

This is 『Daruma』.
if your dream come true, you can write the eye like this!
This is Japanese traditional prayer style.

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