Category: Japan
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Golden Waterfall: DoRyu
I visited one of rare waterfalls in Japan.It is called DoRyu Waterfall, meaning Throwing-up Dragon…yes, wow, isn’t it? DoRyu 吐竜 DoRyu in Japanese kanji character is 吐竜。 吐 is pronounced as Do [do].It means both breathing out and throwing up.The fundamental meaning must be strong gush of something coming out from a mouth. You see…
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Secret Floating Bridge
At the deep end of Tokyo, there is a huge reservoir lake called OkTama (Okutama). And farther deep to the west of the lake, there is a floating bridge. Once, there were small villages on both sides of the mountains. But about 70 years ago, the area was drowned to make a huge reservoir lake…
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Beautiful Autumn Ueno Park
In this COVID-pandemic era, traveling around the world is still very difficult. So let me share a beautiful autumn scene from Tokyo . This is a view of Ueno Park near Asakusa, Tokyo, facing National Museum, over a beautiful pond. There used to be two ponds with beautiful elcetrified fountains. But, with no reason, one…
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Lake OkuTama, Tokyo
In Tokyo, somehow, miravulously, the numbers of patients of COVID-19 are dramatically fallen. However, we are still living in the world where travelling abroad is strictly forbidden. So, I thought it might be a little fun for you to see some beautiful nature of Tokyo now. I have made a short video, showing you around…
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TENGU
Today I show you a legend figure called Tengu [ten-gu]. During the Lockdown of Tokyo, I sneaked into Mount Takao (which is in Tokyo indeed!). Mount Takao has a Michelin Star and a popular place for foreign tourists. An old tale says there lived TENGUs in Mount Takao. TENGU has human figure with bird-like face…
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Meditation at Spa
Just uploaded a travel video.For your meditation and serenity. Since coming back from Lake Baikal on 23rd of February 2020, I have been locked myself up in my house and never used public trasportaion, for the fear of catching COVID-19. On 7th October 2020, my father and friends of his decided to go on a…