Live in a Dreamworld for a Day (Universal Studios – Osaka)
It was around 4PM in the afternoon, we were set to travel from Hiroshima to Kyoto. We spent at least 1.5 days in Hiroshima and so far we enjoyed the adventure we had. When [...]
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Discovering Hiroshima Castle aka Carp Castle or Rijo Castle
From the brochure of the castle, I got to learned that the castle is also know with a different name. Hirsohima Castle is also famous as Carp Castle or Rijo Castle in [...]
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park – A Walk to Remember
Peace Memorial Park was built and dedicated not only to the victims of the nuclear bomb, not only to remember that Hiroshima was the first city to suffer the nuclear attack [...]
A Bomb Dome – Symbol of ‘Peace City’ – Hiroshima City
Hiroshima City was the place where first atomic bomb was dropped during World War II. Based on history, the building was blown-up as well because its location is not far from [...]
Hiroshima – A Reborn City and A ‘Peace City’
I can say that people who got a chance to study world history definitely knows the place named Hiroshima. Every time I encountered the name, two things that comes into my [...]
A Bit of Hatsukaichi
This post is a mixture of other things that we saw in the island aside from O-Torii, Itsukushima Shrine and Mount Misen and some part of Hatsukaichi. It’s a combination [...]
Mount Misen – A Bit of Trek to Miyajima Island’s Sacred Mountain
Instead of exploring first the Itsukushima Shrine, I decided to visit the Mount Misen because it seems that we need to spend more time in the mountain than in the shrine as I [...]
Itsukushima Shrine – The Famous Floating Shrine
Itsukushima Shrine on our way to Mount Misen Sori-bashi (Arched Bridge) Tenjin Shrine We descended Mount Misen past 5PM in the afternoon. Before we reach the Exit of the [...]
O-Torii – A Boundary Between the Spirits and the Human Worlds
As I mentioned from my previous post entitled “Miyajima Island – Island of Gods” that introduced a bit of Miyajima Island, on the way to the island while we [...]
Precious Moment In The Mountain : Mount Misen
Precious Moment In The Mountain (Post#24) : Mount Misen While roaming around in Japan, one of the mountain that we had a chance to visit and even had a chance to trek a bit [...]
Miyajima (Itsukushima) Island – “Island of Gods”
After we decided to visit Miyajima Island that day, we walked back to Hiroshima Station from the hotel to take JR Sanyo Line. We used our JR Pass when we took the train and [...]
Hiroshima – An Introduction To The Home of Two World Heritage Sites
Because Hiroshima is very far from Tokyo, I booked a domestic flight in ANA Airlines, where I found the cheapest price available at the time that I was booking the flight [...]
Kawaguchiko – Finding Enjoyment on its Lake after Unexpected Moments
After spending sometime in the 5th station of Mount Fuji, we decided to go to Fujikawaguchiko. A town near at the base of the mountain. My whole family and I will never [...]
Mount Fuji – A Sacred Famous Mountain and Arts Inspiration in Japan
One of the considered perfect cone volcano in the world is Mount Fuji. I first learned to know about this volcano in Japan when our very own active volcano from my country [...]
A View of Yamashita Park and Marine Tower
Yamashita Park with Marine Tower Yamashita Park The green park that we saw before we reached Hikawa Maru is Yamashita Park. The place is appropriate in such place where both [...]
Osanbashi Pier – An Imaginary Spaceship Resemblance Terminal
While taking snapshots of the surrounding area of Yokohama port, we cannot avoid not to see Osanbashi Pier. I knew it was a pier because we saw large cruise ships [...]
A Visit at NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Maritime Museum and Exploring NYK Hikawamaru
NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Maritime Museum Next museum we entered was NYK Maritime Museum. Here we spent time to see the exhibits in the museum. I saw a lot of ships display [...]
Enjoying the Open Space of Zuo-No-Hana Park
As I am following the trail in my Triposo mobile application, we enjoyed our walk along the way. Before we reached Yokohama Brick Warehouse, we enjoyed the walk within the [...]
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse – From Custom Houses To Cultural and Shopping Complex
After Zuo-No-Hana Park, we walked towards Red Brick Warehouse building. On our way, we crossed the bridge and we saw Minato Mirai 21 in different angle. Minato Mirai 21 while [...]
Up Close of Minato Mirai 21 and Dropping By at Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Minato Mirai 21 We continued our walk from Nippon Maru Memorial Park until we reached the JR Sakuragicho Station. For me it was a great walk as the surroundings is really [...]
