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March 3, 2013: Kanzannji Onsen Spa in Hamamatsu
Many travelers just stop a day or two or just go through Hamamatsu city.But the city is worth visiting for few days. It has attractiveness for sightseeing, such as Kanzanji temple, where you can enjoy exotic experience copying a sutra, write your wish on a picture tablet to realize it. Flower park, where you can see lot of flowers on their full bloom and traditional foods, eels, oysters

March 25, 2013: Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort; Nozawa Onsen is said to be opened in 8th century. Nozawa offers more than just a ski trip though – experience not only the culture, food, but also 13 public hot springs and the fire festival. During a back country skiing, we can look up the biggest beech tree, it’s against the rules not to take a soak in an onsen bath after it. There are 13 “Soto-Yu” public bathhouses in Nozawa where locals and visitors alike are welcomed to go and take baths for free. One of those bathhouses is Oyu. The stately elegant wood construction with the raised center roof to let the steam out is the classic “Yu-ya” (bathhouse) style. This is onsen culture at its finest.
In 1911 skiing was introduced to Japan by an Austrian Major Theodor von Lerch and came to Nozawa the following year. It was in 1930 that one of the founders of alpine skiing, Hannes Schneider from Austria, introduced the skiing techniques to people in Nozawa .

March 29, 2013　　　Sensoji Temple,Tokyo
Sensoji (浅草寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo. The legend says that in the year 628, two brothers fished a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, and even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Consequently, Sensoji was built nearby for the goddess of Kannon. The temple was completed in 645, making it Tokyo's oldest and popular temple.

July 14, 2013　　World Heritage Site: Mt.Fuji

Japanese people are very happy that Mt. Fuji was registered as World Heritage Site in June. Much people than last year are interested in Mt. Fuji. And every day four trails(Fujinomiya trail, Gotemba trail, Subashiri trail in Shizuoka pref, and Yoshida trail in Yananashi pref,) to climb Mt. Fuji are congested with people. At 5^th station of Gotemba trail, I’m working as Mt. Fuji navigator, whose duty is to advise people to climb Mt. Fuji safely and give tourists useful information and suggestions.

November12, 2013　　Nara & Kyoto

Japanese ancient capital,Nara,is worth visiting & appreciating beauty of temples and scenery. At Todaiji temple you'll be welcomed by Great Virocana Buddha(15 meters in height)& feel people's magnificent dreams of the Nara Period. The upper middle picture is Yumedono in Horyuji temple(Cultural World Heritage Site), the oldest wooden building in the world. The temple was dedicated to Shotoku taishi, famous for many kinds of banknotes featuring his portraits. Yakushiji(upper right) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan. The temple is the headquarters of the Hosso school of Japanese Buddihsm. Nijo castle(lower left) was built in 1603 as the official Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa Shoguns when they visited Kyoto on special occasions. After the Meiji Restoration, it served for sometimes as the detached palace of the Imperial Household. Sanzen-in Temple (lower middle, an important cultural property) which has wooden seated statue of Amitabha Tathagata (Amida Nyorai in Japanese) and famous for its moss garden. Kitayama sugi is a Japanese cedar that grows in the northern area of Kyoto City.

November28, 2013　　Akihabara in Tokyo

Akihabara in Tokyo is the center of dispaching Japanese pop culture. Young people all over the world are attracted by Japanese comics and manga. And they come to Japan to experience what they have read and dreamed in comics. There are many maid cafés. Maid café are pop culture of costume play (cosplay) restaurants found exclusively in Japan. Waitresses dressed in maid costumes will welcome a guest when he or she enter a café, saying "Welcome back my Honey!" This is called "Moe."