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…)

Hamamatsu Wind mill

We can look wind mills from Hamamatsu SA on Nagoya-Tokyo high way line. These wind mills are Hamamatsu wind power station’s one. Height is about 78m and wing diameter is 82m. It is magnificent. In Japan, they say wind direction is changing quickly and it is no good for wind mill. Actually, there are accidents wing is broken and dropped. And 25 percent of Japanese land is national land. Almost of that is national park. Almost of land is no good condition for wind mill power station and few good place is in national park, but, because it is not (more…)

Aibou cafe

AIBOU is Japanese popular TV drama series and it continues for 15 years. “AIBOU” is Japanese word and it means “Buddy system” in English. The experienced and young police detectives solve the cases. <Left side man is Katayama Ukyo (actor is Yutaka Mizutani), right is Touru Kai (Hirotaka Narumiya).> The “AIBO Café” is an advertisement event cafeteria and shop in Fujigawa highway service area. We can look Mt. Fuji from this service area in fine weather day and its 1.5 hours distance by car from Tokyo. <Mamoru Yonezawa (Seiji Rokkaku) is a staff in the crime laboratory investigation section.> Therefore, (more…)

Kunoh-san Tohsyoh-gu

Kunoh-san Tohsyoh-gu is a cemetery of Shogun Ieyas Tokugawa (A.D. 1542-1616).Kunoh-san means Mt. Kunoh. Tohsyoh-gu means the palace of shining east. After him dead, it established this palace for deifying Ieyasu Because this is ritual, so I can’t explain enough. It needs to divide his body to 2 parts and bury at south and north palaces from Edo-Castle. South palace is Kunoh-san Tohsyoh-gu, here. North on is Nikko Tohsyoh-gu in Tochigi prefecture. Then his started government (Edo-period) continues about 270 years (A.D 1603 – 1867).In the last of Edo-period, Tokugawa backed political power to Emperor with bloodless. Both of Tohsyou-gu (more…)