We're in Shibu onsen(hot spring) in Nagano prefecture and staying at Japanese style inn with hot spring. I go to skiing with my wife and my friends in new year vacation. In the photo above, first day was Ikenotaira ski resort. In the photo…

Weather news said that the cold air is going down to Japan now, so it will get cold today's night and tomorrow. It will snow in northern Japan. I'm leaving from Shiga. We are planing to ski with my wife and my friends at Nagano in new year…

Next day, we went to Akakura-Kanko ski resort, where next to Akakura-Onsen ski resort. This ski resort is the largeest one in Myoko area. The Symbol is the high class resort hotel with red roof in ski run. By the way, it was really beautif…

We went skiing last Sunday and Monday for the first time in this season. We visited Myoko Akakura ski resort by train. It was rainy day in Shiga on Saturday, but it was snowing when we arrived at Myoko-Kogen station in Niigata prefecture. …

After Ohnta, we went back to Beppu. BEPPU is very famous for hot springs. In fact, there are many kinds of hot spring in BEPPU area. Actually, we went to Beppu Kaihin Suna-Yu. Suna-Yu means sand bath. This sand is warmed by the natural hot…

We went to Ohita by ferry boat with my wife and my mother. After arriving at Ohita port, we got on the express train for Hita. Hita is located in west of Ohita Prefecture and it is about 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ohita station by train. T…

I bought new snow tires (stud-less tires) last week. I had been using old snow tires for 6 seasons. These tires were so so old… This is a DM-V1 for SUV or 4X4 by BRIDGESTONE. Northan Japan got a lot of snow last weekend. The snow seems a e…

We arrived at Yunomine hot springs in Wakayama around 6PM by bus. After checked in the “minshuku”, we went to Tsuboyu. Tuboyu was registered with a World heritage about ten years ago, but we could take a Tsuboyu bath. In the photo above, T…

We went to Yunomine hot spring in Wakayama prefecture by trains ans bus on 7 and 8/Dec. We started our trip from Kyoto Kintetsu station. We got on a train for Yoshinoguchi and transferred the JR train line to Gojyo at Yoshinoguchi. In the …

Our house has a lot of window’s shutters and these are very old. The color of shutters was lost a lot. Well, we repainted the shutters by ourself. Off course, we aren't professional about painting, but we could repaint these one perfectly.…

Today, the big luggage the Tanabe sports shop sent has arrived at my house. Tah-dah! Actually, I bought the new ski for powder on website. This is a “BLSATRACK ELIXIR” and fat ski for powder snow. When we went to Tangram ski resort last se…

We boarded the flight leave 8:00AM from Niigata on 5/November. It was fine day, and we could see a lot of mountains covered with snow. These were beautiful one. Winter season is coming soon. We have to ready for skiing.

We woke up at seven on 4/November morning, it was late than usual. After we had a breakfast, we left our hotel in Sendai at 8:30.We were planning to go Aizu-Wakamatsu until 3PM, because boarding to Steam locomotive train for Niigata. Actua…

We were originally planning to visit Sendai and Fukushima for sight-seen last weekend (2-4/November). It’s a best season to see autumn colors in Tohoku area. We want to see the autumn colors and stay in the Japanese style hotel with hot sp…

The Nichinan-sen is a railway line in south-eastern Kyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It runs from Minami-Miyazaki Station in Miyazaki, to Shibushi Station in Kagoshima. These trains have a just one car or two …

We started our second day from Miyazaki on Sunday. It was little bit cold in the morning, but it was beautiful day. We don’t need jackets in day time. Actually, we went to Nango. We took the bus first in Miyazaki downtown and then transfer…

We went to Ohita after taking hot springs by train. Ohita is about ten minutes from Beppu station by JR trains. We took a lunch at this restaurant in Ohita. That is Japanese foods restaurant. We choiced a SEKI SABA(mackerel) plate. It was …

We went to Beppu and Miyazaki last weekend. We started our trip from Osaka Nanko port on Friday. It was heavy raining on last Friday night by typhoon, but we got on a board the Ferry SunFlower without any problems. We arrived at Beppu port…

The Tohoku Rakuten Eagles made it to the Japan series! The Eagles beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-5 in the fourth game of CS at Miyagi stadium. The 2013 Japan Series will start at Miyagi Kleenex stadium on October 26th. I'd love to see Pith…

It was fine day today. It wasn't too cold and too hot. It was comfortable. By the way, another typhoon is coming to Japan this weekend. I heard it's a big. It was gotten a lot of damage in Shiga by typhoon No.18. There are many typhoons th…

I went to Kagoshima last week(26-28/Sep.) on business. Kagoshima is in the most south of Kyusyu. The Kyusyu Shinkansen(Bullet train) has been started. So it is easy access to get the Kagoshima, but I went to there by LCC Peach airline. Bec…

We waked up stupid time in morning 17/Aug and jumped on the bus for BOS airport. We arrived at Toronto city airport around 10 AM by Porter airline. Toronto city airport is hub with Porter airline. That one is located near union station in …

We went to see around in Boston after lunch. We had also one day pass about MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). It was really convenient. We visited Charlestown Navy Yard, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Fenw…

We stayed in the hotel near T.F.Green Airport in Providence one night. We returned rent a car at airport. And then we boarded the commuter train bound for Boston South. We arrived at Boston around 11 AM after one hour ride. In the photo ab…

We drove from New London to Providence afternoon on 15/Aug.. We made a reservation hotel near T. F. Green Airport in Providence, but passed green airport. Finally, we arrived at Pawtucket, because we were planning to see minor baseball gam…

We visited Submarine Force Museum, located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut after Essex steam train ride. It was just 30 minutes drive from Essex. It was easy and close. This museum is located next to Naval Submarine Base New Lon…

It’s getting cooler in morning and evening in these days. I can sleep well every nights, because it has gotten cool in night. By the way, I went to Osaka on business yesterday. It was still hot in daytime in Osaka….. In the photo above, th…

We stayed in Norwich, CT one night… It was fine day in the morning. Good! We arrived at Essex steam train ride station around 10 AM, after driving 1 hour. We made the reservation for tickets on web site. It was really easy. They provide a …

We visited Fall River by rent a car on 14th/Aug noon. There is a museum Battle ship, “Cove”. It was first time for us to see battle ship. We could walk around inside and outside the battle ship. We needed more time, because that ship was r…

We wake up early morning, and went to Buffalo(BUF) airport. We've just stayed in Buffalo one night….It was very busy trip. Our flight from BFU to Boston was on time by BlueJat airline. It was good. After arriving in Boston,we jumped in a b…