Author: Kazuo Yokobori

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La-La port Expo-city

La-La port Expo-city is a large outlet market mall in Osaka. The place is a site of Osaka Expo in 1970. This outlet mall has much clothing stores and restaurants. However the most epoch-making store is GUNDAM café. GUNDAM café is animation GUNDAM’s goods shop and snack bar shop. GUNDAM shop isn’t in west side of Japan. Only AKIHABARA and ODAIBA in Tokyo have GUNDAM café before opens this shop in Expo-city. ODAIBA is famous it has 1/1 scale GUNDAM RX-78 real grade model (18.2m height). Expo-city has little small statue, but Osaka has not only GUNDAM, it has Zaku (more…)
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Universal Studio Japan (OSAKA)

Universal Studio Japan is theme park of Universal Studio in Osaka. I am living in Osaka, so I have been visiting several times in a year. When the park is starting, attractions are smoothing, it isn’t crowded. First park attraction were about old movies that young person and child don’t know, like “Back to the future”, “Jaws” and “Water World”. But several years ago, they started using Japanese animation and game characters, then visitor is increasing and now it became a popular theme park than Tokyo Disney Resort. New attraction of Harry Potter is also poplar. Attack on Titan This (more…)
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RICHO THETA

THETA is the 360 all around camera by RICHO.About a picture, it can show 360 degree view on blog pages easily throught RICHO serive page.About a movie, it can show short movie easily by RICHO web service, but it can not enjoy long movie. you need to download THETA software for your PC or smart phone. please download from following site https://theta360.com/en/support/download/ An-dream – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA (more…)
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Shin-Moji port

Shin-Moji is a new (Shin means new in English, like a Shin-Osaka) port in South of Kyusyuu Island. Yukiko’s hometown is Fukuoka city in Fukuoka prefecture in Kyusyuu Island. Usually we use Sinkansen Express between Osaka and Fukuoka (Hakata) city. This time we use a ferry boat. It needs for one night. The fare is almost same as Shinkansen express, but we can sleep in a room. https://www.cityline.co.jp/route/route.html In the evening, the ferry departure from Shin-Moji port. Shin-Moji, City liner – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA https://theta360.com/s/dsdhX4MyDCXUrSqEJlz0qMXrQ The ferry passes 3 large bridge in Seto inner sea. And the ferry (more…)
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CHAUSU-YAMA (Chausu mountain)

Chausu mountain is a famous place of Japnaese wariing State period (15 – 16th century).Nobunaga Oda he is the person finished Japanese warring state period. He was a little feudal lord, but he won Katsuyori Takeda who was calling as strongest feuedal lord family Takeda in this place and he was starting a load to the Japanese King. However he were thinking that killing Japanese Emperor, He was assassinated.Nobunaga was staying here with Ieyasu Tokugawa he became first Shogun (General of Samurai :Japanese ruler) in Edo period (AD. 1600 – 1867) and looking Takeda’s army (15,000 strong). They said Nobunaga (more…)