Author: Kazuo Yokobori

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First snow in this season @ Mt. Fuji

I usually stay some days nearby Mt. Fuji in a year because the highway between Osaka and my hometown Gumma prefecture pass nearby Mt. Fuji. In this year, when we arrived to Hotel, it was rainy day, a receptionist said that “it maybe get clear sky in tomorrow morning in short time. You maybe look Mt. Fuji.” Because I said “In last time, it was rainy day I couldn’t look Mt. Fuji”, he said newest weather information to me. I wanted to believe his saying but rain is little hard. Then it came tomorrow morning… I felt something fine morning (more…)
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Rice Cake – 2016

I and my sister families ware pounding steamed rice into the dough used for rice cakes. MOCHI-TSUKI! Rice is steamed by wooden fire. Recently, Japanese home bakery machine has a feature for automatically cooking of rice cake. So, almost of Japanese home cooking rice cake by this feature. Almost of Japanese experience cooking rice cake by the mortar in festival or something of event. Every year we are cooking rice cake by the mortar and hammer in home, this is very rare in present day. Many Japanese are eating rice every day, but rice for cake is different kind of (more…)
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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…)