“Yanaka” nostalgic place in Tokyo 昭和の郷愁漂う街「谷中」

Yanaka is a small town from 5.2km away from Tokyo station. The nearest station is Sendagi (Tokyo Metro) or Nishi Nippori (JR). 谷中は東京駅から5.2km離れた小さな街です。最寄り駅は千駄木(東京メトロ)か西日暮里(JR)。 But it is fairly popular with various visitors especially with visitors from foreign countries. しかし、この町は旅行者、特に海外からの旅行者に大人気です。 I think the reason of the attractiveness of this place is its …

Masjid Jamek in KL マスジット・ジャメ

“Masjid Jamek” is a station name of LRT(Light Rail Transportation) in Kuara Lumpur. The area around the station is commercial area, and it is filled with a lot of small arcade shops. 「マスジット・ジャメ」はクアラルンプールにある LRT(ライトレール鉄道)の駅です。その駅の周辺は商業地域であり、多くのアーケード・ショップが集まっています。 “Masjid Jamek” is also a name of the famous and oldest mosque in Kuala Lumpur which …

Looking down Shibuya scramble intersection from the sky 渋谷スクランブル交差点を上空から見下ろす

Lots of people live in Tokyo. And Shibuya is well known city as a crowded place with people. Especially the scramble crossing of Shibuya Station is very popular tourist spot to see unusual scene which cannot be seen in other countries. 東京には多くの人が住んでいますが、渋谷は多くの人々で込み合っていることで有名です。特に渋谷のスクランブル交差点は、他国では決して見られない希少な光景が見られるため、外国人観光客にも人気です。 There is a special place where we can …

Pachinko Japanese pinball gamble パチンコ

“Pachinko”. This business is very unique gamble amusement only in Japan. A pachinko machine looks like a vertical pinball which uses small (11 mm) steel balls. While a conventional pinball machine play with one ball fairly long time manipulating flippers by hands, a pachinko machine launch many small pachinko balls …

Suga Shrine 須賀神社

There are many shrines in Japan. So most shrines are only for their neighborhood residents and are not popular with other people. This Suga Shrine also used be a very local shrine until this Japanese anime movie came out. 日本には数多くの神社があります。そのため、それら神社のほとんどは近隣住民が知っているだけで、有名なものではありません。この須賀神社もそのようなローカルな神社でした。この日本のアニメ映画が放映されるまでは。 “Your Name.” (Kimi no Na ha) is Japanese anime movie …