Peach Parfait: Must Try In Kurashiki
Cream and blueberry top plump firm extra sweet slices of local white peach above peach sorbet and peach yogurt within strawberry syrup and chunks of peach at Momoko (Momo = peach; Ko is a suffix for...
View ArticleClean Street Innards at Kurashiki
Touring the streets of Kurashiki, it was notably praiseworthy to find that not only were the “front of the house” tourist paths clean, so were out of the way “corridors.” It was so refreshing and...
View ArticleAn Entrepreneur, A Painter, A Museum
From the time my Kurashiki guide, Hisako Kashihara, and I started our walk towards the Bikan Historical Quarter, she mentioned the names “Kojima” and “Ohara” many times. Throughout Kurashiki, there...
View ArticleKobe Fruit Flower Park
Kobe Fruit Flower Park is a lovely family destination with a ride park, go-kart, farm circus, fairy tale amusement park, Monkeys Theater, Forest of Horse Land, farm bus, putter golf, onsen, pool plaza,...
View ArticleArima Onsen 1: The Lodge Arima Resort
After surviving the fast-paced crowd walks in train stations and shopping hallways in nearby busy cities, Japan also has these sweet blissful havens surrounded by nature where you can detoxify and...
View ArticleArima Onsen 2: Initiation to the Onsen
“Could I put a paper bag over my head or wear a bathing suit?” “If the people with illness go to onsen and become well, does illness remain in the water?” “Is the brown water safe?” “What’s the use of...
View ArticleArima Onsen 3: River and Yumotozaka street
Arima Onsen, very easily accessible by public transport from Kobe Sannomiya Station, famous for its hot springs. You are close to the city yet close to this pocket of historic preserved district that...
View ArticleRokkosan Part 1: Rokko Garden Terrace
From Arima Onsen station, you can take the cable car to go up Mount Rokkosan (Rokko Sancho Station). From the top of Rokkosan, you can see a panoramic view of Kobe and Osaka. There is a Japanese...
View ArticleRokkosan Part 2: Alpine Botanical Garden
Rustic botanical garden at Rokkosan. The Gardener who designed this is brilliant 😍 Thank You Lord for these beautiful flowers, trees, mountain, brooks. So refreshing to be in the midst of this...
View ArticleOsaka: Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce
“Co-existence of greenery, architecture, and human beings” is the concept of Gaetano Pesce-designed Organic Building, completed in 1993 to embody the corporate ideal of Oguraya Yamamoto Co., Ltd. Its...
View ArticleChouette Owl Cafe, Osaka
Google Maps prematurely says “You have reached your destination” one building away from the actual Owl Cafe. [Map] If this hasn’t been corrected and the building in front of you doesn’t look like an...
View ArticleShogo the Violinist, Osaka
Was walking around Osaka Station and by Lucua Depato, saw a violinist performing. He had an upcoming concert at the Piccadilly Beronica at that time. This is one of those times when I really wish the...
View ArticleHokkaido: Furano Cheese Factory
Furano Cheese Factory (富良野チーズ工房, Furano Cheese Kōbō) has an open window for guests to see how the Japanese Camembert cheese is made. Squid ink cheese and other cheese samples welcome you. Informative...
View ArticleHokkaido: Chateau Furano
Not far from the Furano Cheese Factory is Chateau Furano in Hokkaido. They use local ingredients for their wine production. A visit to the factory allows you to learn about how they make their wines...
View ArticleDo You Know Your Hymns?
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View ArticleMac OSX Mountain Lion Screensaver: Biei Blue Pond, Hokkaido
In 1988, the tallest volcano in the Tokachi Volcanic Group from Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaidō in Japan— Mount Tokachi— erupted. In order to protect the nearby town of Biei from mudflows, Biei...
View ArticleLavender Farm Tomita, Hokkaido
Ever since I saw in Provence how the lavender is hailed for its medicinal, culinary, decorative, aromatherapy, domestic application uses, my esteem for this plant has blossomed. It’s been my longtime...
View ArticleThe Philippines Through The Eyes of a Japanese: Yoshida Nobara
Yoshida Nobara is a Japanese illustrator and graphic designer from Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. She earned a degree in Scenography, Space, and Design at Musahino Art University (Tokyo)...
View ArticleShirahige Falls, Biei, Hokkaido
A very short drive away from the Biei Blue Pond is the Shirahige Falls. The flowing water to the beautiful turquoise waters below resembles a “White Beard” and that is the meaning of its name,...
View ArticleKamifurano Lunch Stop by Miyamatoge Art Park: Hokkaidoo
We had a barbecue lunch by Miyamatoge Art Park. We didn’t have time to go inside the museum but just went to the adjacent Yakiniku restaurant. The view is beautiful, the photo can’t quite capture the...
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