Kotoin at Daitokuji, Kyoto, Part 2
Kotoin’s garden isn’t big, but it shows off everything that makes a cozy little Japanese garden what it is. The study and the rooms are lovely too, but I didn’t take separate photos of them. …
Kotoin’s garden isn’t big, but it shows off everything that makes a cozy little Japanese garden what it is. The study and the rooms are lovely too, but I didn’t take separate photos of them. …
Just like last year, I went to autumn Kyoto again this year. This time I was with a friend who’d come to visit Osaka, and I wasn’t feeling great either, so there wasn’t time to get around to …
I’d been waiting years for the unibody MacBook -_- It finally came out on the 15th, but money was tight, so in a desperate bid to save a few coins I waited for it to go on sale at Bic Camera, where you g…
Katsunuma in Yamanashi Prefecture is famous as the home of a cluster of well-known wineries that show up in Oishinbo and The Drops of God. I’d been waiting since spring for October, when the grape harves…
I heard there was a Vermeer exhibition in Ueno, so I went. I’d been laid up with a high fever for a few days and was in terrible shape, the sky was overcast like it might rain any minute, and on top of t…
Meiji Jingu in Harajuku is a famous tourist spot – and it’s not even far from the station – but I only got around to visiting today. It takes less than an hour to walk around, and I’ve …
I went to Karuizawa to catch autumn a little early. I had a feeling this autumn would slip by before I had a chance to enjoy it. It took exactly an hour from home. I had no idea the Shinkansen was this fast. T…
Nezu is a neighborhood behind Ueno Park. I’d heard there was a great udon place there, so I went on a Monday, only to find that every single shop in the area closes on Mondays. Just like how all the shop…
I suspect not many people know there’s a huge garden in Shinjuku. About a 15-minute walk from the South Exit of Shinjuku Station, there’s a place called Shinjuku Gyoen. It used to be an imperial ga…
From the 7th station to the 8th station it’s all rock, so the climb was anything but easy. If you’re going up without a guide, it’d be a bit dangerous at night. Also, you can push your way up…
Mt. Fuji is only open for climbing for two months in summer, July and August. People say there’s not much to see up there, but I felt I ought to climb it at least once for the memory, so I went with a fr…
I’d been hearing for quite a while that the biggest outlet mall in the Kanto region had opened in Saitama. I kept meaning to check it out, and this time I needed to buy some beachwear and hiking gear -_-…