Summer

• Get 10% Off a Shiretoko Peninsula Cruise with this Coupon!

  
  I just returned from an amazing trip to Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, where I had the chance to take an early morning cruise passing by some amazing...

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  [ 2009.08.05 | Nature, Summer | Kazumi | PermaLink ]

• Summer Trekking in the Floral Paradise of Hakuba, Nagano

  
  Hakuba, located in the prefecture of Nagano, is famous for being blessed with wonderful powder snow in winter, and plentiful ski runs for everyone to ...

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  [ 2009.07.03 | Hotel, Nature, Relax, Summer | Rie | PermaLink ]

• Mysterious blue - Aoike (blue pond)

  
  I went to Aomori Prefecture in July. One of the reasons I went was to see the Aoike (blue pond). The Aoike is located in the western part of the Worl...

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  [ 2008.08.21 | Nature, Summer, Travel | Rie | PermaLink ]

• Beach BBQ Party in Sarushima, Yokosuka

  
  I had a BBQ Party with my friends in Sarushima, Yokosuka. Sarushima (Monkey Island) is a small, uninhabited island in Tokyo Bay. Here we are enjoyin...

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  [ 2008.08.21 | Nature, Summer | | PermaLink ]

• Asahiyama Zoo & Lavender Fields in Hokkaido

  
  I visited Hokkaido last weekend. When I arrived at New Chitose Airport, I found a visitor center for non-Japanese tourists next to the JR ticket count...

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  [ 2008.07.30 | Nature, Relax, Summer, Travel | Anne | PermaLink ]

• Five Ways to Experience Majestic Mt. Fuji

  
  Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest peak, saw its climbing season begin on 1 July. Its famous figure, immortalized in numerous ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints...

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  [ 2008.07.15 | Nature, Summer | Jack Kumada | PermaLink ]

• Ajisai Season in Kamakura - Part 2

  
  As I said I might do in my last blog entry, I returned to Meigetsuin Temple this weekend. Fortunately, the Ajisai (hydrangea) flowers that did not ha...

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  [ 2008.06.18 | Nature, Summer | Anne | PermaLink ]

• Admiring Summer Lotus Flowers in Kyoto

  
  Mimurotoji Temple, Kyoto (July, 2007) At the end of July last year I took a two-day trip to Kyoto to go and see its lotus flowers. I had heard that ...

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  [ 2008.06.11 | Kyoto, Summer, Travel | Rie | PermaLink ]

• Sendai Tanabata Matsuri

  
  From my time living in Sendai, I remember the streets being at their liveliest and happiest during the Star Festival (Tanabata Matsuri), which is cele...

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  [ 2008.06.11 | Events, Sendai, Summer | Cissy | PermaLink ]

• Ajisai (Hydrangea) Season Begins in Kamakura. Get Up Early and Visit in the Morning!

  
  "Ajisai" (hydrangea) season has come!!　 Kamakura is famous for these lovely flowers, but there are so many visitors, particularly this season, that ...

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  [ 2008.06.09 | Summer | Anne | PermaLink ]