We went to Nagano for our first skiing this season last weekend. We visited Shirakaba ski resort on Saturday and visited Tateshina ski resort on Sunday. These ski resorts are located in Suwa area in Nagano prefecture and so we stayed at a …

Some weather news said it will be warm this winter. In fact the average temperature of November and December was higher than normal in Japan, so there is no natural snow in some ski areas in Nagano and Gifu. Actually, we were planning to g…

We often go to Nagano for skiing in winter by car. The northern part of Nagano has a lot of snow fall in winter. We need snow tires when we drive on snow roads. On the other hand, Nagano prefecture sprinkles snow salt like calcium chloride…

It was a little bit cold on Saturday morning, but we got warm because we took a hot spring bath in the morning. I think taking a hot springs bath is the best way to wake up in morning. We headed to Taichung down town by bus again after bre…

We went to Taiwan because last week was a long weekend and got the free flight tickets with mileage. We left Osaka Kansai airport on Thursday night and stayed just one night in Taipei. We started our trip in Taiwan by boarding a bullet tra…

We went to Kanagawa Prefecture for sightseeing last weekend. We started our trip by boarding a bullet train for Tokyo last Friday night and arrived at Yugawara hot springs in Kanagawa around 9 PM. Yugawara is located west of Kanagawa prefe…

We went to Kobe Steel Kakogawa to enjoy the factory festival last Sunday. Kobe Steel is a major Japanese steel manufacturer and has its main factory in Kakogawa in Hyogo prefecture. We wanted to join the factory tour and look around the co…

We went to Osaka Dome stadium to watch the baseball game ORIX Buffaloes against Nippon Ham Fighters on the 27th of September. It was the last regular game for us in this season. The game was boring because both teams gave up on winning the…

This was the final day of our trip in the UK. That day was very busy because we were planning to stay in London just one night, plus there're so many sightseeing places in London. Our one day trip in London started with boarding the underg…

We stayed in Liverpool on the 13th of August and I woke up 5AM the next morning so I had a little jet lag. After taking breakfast in the hotel around 7AM, we headed to Liverpool Lime Street station. This station is one of the Liverpool ter…

We stayed in Leeds on the 12th of August and on the next morning we boarded the train which left 7:48 for Carlisle. This train was operated by the Settle Carlisle railway for 72miles. They say this line is one of England's most scenic rail…

The super big typhoon hit in Kansai area now. The everything was canceled because of the typhoon today. (I'm staying in home with cats) I hope everyone is safe.

On the next morning we headed to York by train and around 10 AM we arrived at York railway station which is located in North England and a 90 minute train ride from Manchester. There is a National Railway Museum nearby York railway station…

We visited Manchester, York, Liverpool and London during our summer vacation. We came back to Japan last Friday without any problems and we had a great experience in the UK. Our trip started flying from Osaka to Hongkon with Cathey Pacific…

Everything was canceled on this afternoon due to the big typhoon No.20. I hope nobody gets damage by typhoon.

We visited UK during summer vacation and came back to Japan without any problems last Friday. I get a jet lag now... I will post my blog about traveling in UK next week.

It's too hot outside... I hope it's getting cooler next week...

The next day we stayed at Shimoburo, which is the most northern hot springs in Honshu. Shimoburo hot springs contains sulpher and more minerals in natural hot water and the color of the water is white. It was so good. We enjoyed the hot sp…

I bought package tickets on a web site one month ago, because the travel agency Jalan NET provided a reasonable package tour, including round flight tickets, Osaka – Misawa in Aomori and staying in a Japanese style hotel with hot springs o…

We went to Obihiro in Hokkaido for sightseeing and we had a really good experience there last weekend. We stayed at Sapporo on Friday one night and the next morning, our trip in Hokkaido started by boarding the express train “Furano Lavend…

We visit the US to watch baseball games live every summer. I love baseball, so I like watching baseball not only the Big league, but also minor league baseball in the US. However, Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki isn't playing this season…

I'm so busy. I have many things to do. My cats said to me "Why don't you take day off"....

Four months has passed since I got an injury on my right knee. In March and April, I needed crutches for walking. I started my rehab in the middle of March, because I couldn't bend and stretch back then. After two months, I was getting bet…

My wife and I went to Kyushu for sightseeing last weekend. First, we went to Tachiarai in Fukuoka prefecture and visited the KIRIN Fukuoka brewery on Saturday. KIRIN is well known as a beer company not only in Japan, but also in Asia. This…

I've been in rehab for two months. Finally, I don't need to use the crutches now. I'm very happy, because the doctor told me that I could walk about less than one hour. I've been thinking we want to go to travel and stay at a hot springs s…

I was really surprised and shocked to hear that Ichiro Suzuki was released by the Seattle Mariners on May 3rd, 2018. Seattle announced that he won't play this season and becomes a special assistant to the chairman of the team. Plus, it was…

Last weekend, we went to Kyusyu for sightseeing. First, we headed to Yame city in Fukuoka by train and visited Yame Traditional Crafts Museum. Yame city is located south of Fukuoka, it's just 30 minutes from Hakata station by bullet train.…

In order for my knee to get better, I need to do rehabilitation for a while. I visited the hospital in Kyoto three times last week. I can't stretch or bend my right knee now. In rehab at the hospital, I stretch my right knee a using machin…

Munenori Kawasaki is a professional baseball player who is 36 years old. He played for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks last season. I like his playing style, because he is a pretty good player. His defense is amazing and he's a clutch hitter. P…

Spring season has come in Kyoto.