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It’s still really freezing here in Kyoto. Usually, plum trees around the Saga district are supposed to be in full bloom by now, but most...

A few years after I became Maiko (舞妓), the opportunities for business trips increased. I visited Tokyo, Sendai, Kyushu, and even went...

At YUMEYAKATA Information Center, pretty Gacha Gacha (capsule toy machine)　items are now available. Kids truly love this♡ Please take a...

Toji (東寺) temple, designated as the World Heritage in 1994, has 1200 years of history since its foundation in the Heian period. The...

I like watching gold fishes swimming.Their colors are bright and their movement is graceful. Sometimes I see them swim side by side and...

From late February to mid March, a thousand and five hundred of plum trees will bloom at Kitano Tenmangu (北野天満宮)shrine, the most famous...

Are you one of those STAR WARS lovers? At YUMEYAKATA Information Center, STAR WARS goods are now available. Please take a look! T shirts...

Today, Maiko (舞妓) has become very popular, but back then in my times, Maiko were considered as mere trainees of Geiko (芸妓). People never...

The other day, I visited a hot spring resort in Hyogo prefecture with my colleague. In the train to the spa, snow started falling...

pictures of https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki Myoshinji (妙心寺）temple is the largest Zen temple in Kyoto, and has 46 sub-temples on its...

The origin of Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is said to be date back to when the Inari no Kami (稲荷神, Inari god) descended into Inari...

I woke up this morning and saw a glittering snow field from my window. That was the first snow cover this year. The a dreary scene of...

Walking around in Kyoto is always interesting. You turn a corner, and you feel as if you have time-traveled to the old times of Japan....

Some Maiko (舞妓) start their dance lesson in their childhood, and some start after they become Maiko (舞妓) trainees. When I was a Maiko...

On January 21th, HATSU-KOBO, the first market of the year at Toji Temple is to be held. In the main sanctuary, memorial services are to...

Today, I would like to introduce you delicious dishes I had during my trip to Toba! Toba city is located by the sea, at south-eastern...

In Japan, autumn is the season of foliage, and enormous number of sightseers visit Japan from all over the world. This year, I went to...

In the beginning of last December, I stayed at Grand XIV Naruto Golf & Spa Resort, a luxury resort hotel in Naruto city, Tokushima...

A travel to Toba* The other day, I had a trip to Toba city with my friends. Most of the sightseeing spots were not so crowded, and we...

Happy New Year to you all ! I hope you had wonderful holidays! Today I would like to share my story of a New Year's day. I was feeling...