Culture The Yokohama Toastmasters Club Larry Knipfing If you are a member of Toastmasters International anywhere in the world, then I highly recommend that you drop in and visit a...
Culture Onshi Hakone Koen Park Tomoko Kamishima Wandering and strolling around the hills and lakeside is pleasant, especially on a warm sunny day. Onshi Hakone Koen Park (恩...
Culture Enoshima-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Enoshima-jinja Shrine, which consists of three smaller shrines, is generally regarded as the holy place for Benten, one of th...
Culture So-un-ji Temple in Hakone-Yumoto Tomoko Kamishima So-un-ji Temple (早雲寺) was established in 1521, based on the command of So-un Hojo shortly before his death. It was his fam...
Culture Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima We can reach the top of beautiful Mt. Komagatake in only 7 minutes by using a comfortable and convenient ropeway. The ropeway...
Culture Yokohama’s Narita-san Temple Larry Knipfing If you are in the Minato Mirai area and would like to see something a little more ‘Japanese traditional’, then take a stroll ...
Culture Yokohama Kantei-Byo Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kantei-byo (関帝廟) is a Chinese shrine dedicated to “Kanwu” who is a famous general in the well-known Chinese historical no...
Culture Zen at Kamakura's Kencho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima It was Saturday afternoon and I was at Kencho-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura. A few minutes before two o’clock a bell rang to sig...
Culture Yokohama's NYK Maritme Museum Yumi Imai If you asked me: “Which building in Yokohama is the best?” I would answer: ”The NYK Maritime Museum”.
Culture Myohon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Myohon-ji is an absolutely gorgeous temple, just ten minutes on foot from Kamakura Station. The funny thing is, most people d...