Category: sightseeing

When I went on a business trip to Tokyo, I could see Mt. Fuji well from the car window.It was fine weather. (more…)

The venue has a free area and a paid area.Hikarino Oka :Lighting Hill area is paid are. Lighting Hill has Lighting dome and the Fountain Show. Lighting Hill dome – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA The fountain system drains water up to 50m. 噴水 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA It’s so amazing that the area is flooded. I was given an umbrella at the entrance. I understand why. The fountain is cold in winter. When I returned my umbrella, I said to the person in charge, “I wish I had come in the summer,” and he said, “The fountain (more…)

Toki-no-Sumika is the hotel name. It means living place of Time. That hotel is in Gotenba city near by Ashigara city and the foot of Mt. Fuji. In ages of Edo era (1603-1867), Shogun (Samurai master) was staying in Gotenba when he visit Mt. Fuji. “Go” is English “Tne”. “ten” is “palace”, “ba” is “place”. It is a scenic tourist spot that I was able to go to Tokyo or a day trip. The hotel offers a large-scale illumination show to increase the number of guests. I stayed overnight when I went back to Gunma. Toki no Sumika – Spherical (more…)

I live in Osaka on business and often go back to my home in Gunma Prefecture. It’s about 350 miles away. Because there is Mt. Fuji on the way, I see it from the parking on highway, and stay at the hotel and see it.I often stay at a hotel on a hill where I can see Lake Yamanaka and Mt. Fuji well. It may be cloudy and invisible at all, but this year we were able to see the sea of clouds over Lake Yamanaka and Mt. Fuji together.<click the picture, it links to jpg file> Images taken from (more…)

One of popular Japanese sightseeing is Castle. Many of Japan’s castles that has traditional donjon were built after the end of 16th century. Initially it was a fort on the hill, but a powerful samurai began to build a castle with a castle tower( donjon: Tensyukaku).The powerful samurai is surprisingly the same as the president of modern society.An official resume was issued to the general public, and there was a mechanism to change jobs to other powerful samurai.In the days without the Internet, the splendid head office building seen from the town was an effective means of recruiting a competent (more…)