We're waiting our flight at DFW airport. Actually, we stayed Arlington just one night. It was really hot day time, we enjoyed swimming at our hotel. After swimming, we went to ball game, Rangers against Rays. We slept well during the game,…

We're waiting our flight at Kansas City airport. Well, we are flying to Chicago this afternoon by SouthWest airline. It's Low Cost Carrier airline what is most popular LCC in US. We sometimes choose this one, because it's low cost and frie…

We're waiting our flight at SEA-TAC airport. Well, we are flying to Kansas city this morning by Alska airline. In US, we need to come airport at least two hours before flight, because we take a long time passing to security at airport. I t…

We have just arrived at Seattle international airport without any problems. Actually, it was long flight from Osaka to Seattle via Seoul. However, we slept well in the flight. We are fine, and going to see the baseball at Safeco field toni…

We're waiting our flight for Seoul (ICN) at Osaka Kansai international airport. I was worried about weather condition, because the typhoon No.11 is approaching to west Japan. There are many canceled flights in Kyusyu. Our flight is no prob…

We went to Kobe stadium for watching baseball, ORIX against SEIBU Lions. The starter of Lions was a K. MAKITA who is right-hander's submarine record to 5-5 with a 2.94 ERA. He was player of WBC. He was pretty good pitching before 7 innings…

We're planning to visit USA in summer vacation, and we watch a lot of baseball games. Our gateway is Seattle. I calculated the rotation of Seattle Mariners, and think the starter Iwakuma is throwing on 9/August. We are staying at Seattle f…

I came here in Sendai by Peach airline from Osaka Kansai airport. (I will have a academic conference and meeting in Fukushima.) The terminal 2 in Kansai airport was not crowded. Some flights of Peach air line are canceled, because some pil…

It was last day… When we waked up in the morning, it was rainnig. We gave up hiking in Shi-Hodaka area. We relaxed at the hotel in the morning, taking a hot spring and watching TV. After check out the hotel, we went to Shin-Hotaka by bus. …

We waked up and took a hot spring in the early morning. It was so good. It's a best way to wake my body up in the morning, I guess. It's rainy season, but it was nice weather in the morning. So we went to Kamikochi highland where is a nati…

I walked around in down town in Takayama city in the morning. I could walk just one hour, because the down town was compact. There were a lot of old streets, Japanese Sake breweries and traditional shops. After Takayama, I went to Hirayu i…

I took a days off last week, on Thursday and Friday. It was for me a long weekend. I went to hot springs, mountains, and watching baseball in Gifu and Nagano. The my trip started Thursday taking the train to Gero in Gifu prefecture. I came…

I went to Fukushima prefecture on business. I needed to bring the my car, because I had a lot of baggages and equipments. However, Fukushima is located in Eastern Japan, so it's far for driving from Shiga. I had a good idea. It's a using f…

Long time no see. I've been really busy. I had no time to write this blog. I'd like to restart this one today. Actually, I went to Fukushima on business last month, and I had no day off after that. However, my work finally becomes less bus…

I'm waiting for my flight for Osaka at airport lounge in Haneda. It's crowded. Haneda airport is the biggest one in Japan, there are many aircraft and travelers. It's nice weather isn't it? I'd like to see the baseball game on like this we…

I'm staying at Ohmori-Kaigan where is located near Haneda airport. I came to here by airline from Itami in Osaka. I attended the anniversary ceremony at Kasumigaseki in Tokyo. I was tired, because there was a lot of people in tokyo, and I …

We're planning to visit US in this summer vacation. We visit US five years in a row. There is a lot of flight routes from Japan to US. Actually, Osaka (Kansai) international airport has three direct flights, for San Francisco, Seattle and …

I went to Lake Biwa for working on 10/May. I took a boat's operator license last month (Remember my blog 1st/April). I was little bit nervous, because it was first time to lent a boat and go to Lake Biwa by myself. I was relieved to go and…

We waked up early morning on 5/May. This day was final day for our skiing in this season. After breakfast, we went to Annupuri ski resort. This ski resort has a gondola rift, but that one almost canceled yesterday, because it was windy. Ho…

When we waked up morning on 4/May, it wasn't rain, but it was little bit windy day. We went to Hirafu ski resort, and got on the chair rift from bottom. The ski runs and chair rift, KING No.3 were busy with a lot of skiers and snowboarders…

We waked up at the public parking near Sapporo Kokusai ski resort, because we stayed in my car last night. It was reasonable staying! I went to Sapporo Kokusai ski resort again with my wife. There was still enough snow in the ski runs. The…

My day started skiing at Kiroro ski resort. This ski resort had also a lot of snow even bottom of ski runs. This ski resort has a gondola rift, but that one didn't run, because it was weekday. The gondola rift was running on every weekend …

I arrived at Tomakomai port around 8:30PM on 30/April, and then went to Sapporo city. It was around one hour drive by highway. I went to Sapporo Kokusai Ski resort next morning. That ski resort is located in Sapporo city, but I reached ski…

I came to Hokkaido by ferry boat. I choiced Shin-Nihonkai ferry from Tsuruga to Tomakomai. I board new ship “Suisen”. This ship was built two years ago. The inside and outside of this ship was very beautiful. It was comfortable. So Good! T…

We're planning to visit Hokkaido in GW (Gorlden Week). I start my trip from Turuga port in Fukui, because I'm boarding ferry boat for Tomakomai in Hokkaido on Tuesday night. I arrive at Tomakomai at 8:30 PM on Wednesday after 19 hours. Act…

We went to Naruko-Onsen in Miyagi, after visiting Sanriku area (Ishinonamki, Minami-Sanriku and Kesenuma). Naruko is really famous for hot springs, actually there are many hot springs in this area. We stayed the Japanese style inn, and thi…

We visited Ishinonamki, Minami-Sanriku and Kesenuma in Miyagi. These areas got a huge damage by Tsunami (tidal wave) and there was a lot of debris that the Tsunami left. Three years passed since a earthquake, finally the disposal of debris…

We visited Miyagi prefecture last weekend with ANA millage. We're planning to board the flight leave 19:40 at Osaka, but we could change the flight leave 17:05. Because that flight was empty. We appreciate the ANA service. Finally, we land…

I'm feeling a little down in April, because I have a pollen allergy. I'm not feeling well especially in this week. I took a medicine, but it didn't work. I wish May would come sooner.

We went to Satoh Yakuhin stadium in Nara prefecture and watched farm baseball game ORIX – HIROSHIMA. It was the first time we've been this stadium. This stadium is really small, but the atmosphere was good. It was a boring game, because so…