Sugamo Jizoudori Shopping Street is a popular shopping street in Tokyo for the older generation (the area is known as the "Harajuku of Grandma").
Where you can enjoy lots of shops that handling traditional Japanese foods or clothes.

This is a temple town and the temple enshrined Jozou Bodhisattva.

A Rice cake's shop

Japanese crepe clothes shop

This is an image of the heroine of the song loved for a long time by Japanese people.

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This children song, set in the Port of Yokohama and first performed in 1921, has been memorialized with this statue.
The statue has been placed here in the hope that it will became a cherished landmark for its countless visitors.

Kamakura Hachiman Shrine’s Bonbori (Lantern) Festival was held until last eveing.
About 400 Bonboris were decorated with pictures or calligraphies. Some of them were works of the celebrities who live in Kamakura City.

This Bonbori was donated by Takeshi Yoro.
He is Anatomist,Brain scientist, Million-selling writer, and Insect collector.

This Bonbori was dedicated by famous Zen-Buddist.

After getting dark, bonboris were lit up by candle faint light.

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I have arrived Seoul, Sejong Hotel.

There is a beautiful flowers and wonderful cafe!

I am sending this from business center of the hotel.

You can see Bon festival dance here and there in Japan in summer season.
Even narrow roads in the downtown area become the site of the Bon Festival Dance.
It is said“Of course Dancers are fools, Onlookers are also fools. Why don't you enjoy dance?”

In summer vacation period, local neighborhood associations do the radio gymnastic exercises in groups in the morning in the plaza.
It is said that it was started from the 1920's.
The purpose was practice of rising early during the school's vacation.

Jojuin is Shingon sect temple.
Located in Kamakura city.

In June, 262 hydrangea plants are in full bloom alongside the approach to the temple and after climbing 108 steps,
you can view the beautiful YUIGAHAMA beach from the gate.

Buddha's Birthday is celebrated on April 8, in a part of provinces on May 8.
People pour ama-cha (a sweat beverage ) on small Buddha statues decorated with flowers, as if they bathe a newborn baby.

Photo by Taisho Boya

I went to Korea in last week with my friends.
At Gyeonju (ancient capital city of Silla Kingdom )
We enjoyed full bloomed cherry blossoms
on site of ancient castle.
Yellow flowers in field are rape blossoms.