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 …

Train Night Market Ratchada ラチャダー鉄道市場

There is a spot in Bangkok which is really like a “Jewelry box” at night. It is “Train Night Market Ratchada”. It opened in January 2015, there are about 1,000 shops on the site. It’s a night market, so the store will open around 5pm. バンコクにまるで夜の「宝石箱」に例えられる名所があります。「ラチャダー鉄道市場」です。2015年1月にオープンし、約1,000件のお店が敷地に並びます。ナイトマーケットなので、お店が開くのは午後5時くらいから。 There are many stores …

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 …

Tokyo City View at Roppongi Hills 六本木ヒルズ 東京シティビュー

Roppongi is very popular area in Tokyo for foreign visitors. Sometimes I can see more foreign people than Japanese especially at night. 六本木は外国人訪問者に非常に人気のあるエリアです。ここでは多くの外国人がいて、特に夜などは日本人よりも外国人の方が多いほどです。 Just two minutes walk from Roppongi intersection to Shibuya area, there is a large skyscraper which name is “Roppongi Hills”. It is the tallest building in Roppongi …

The superb view of Mount Keira Lookout 絶景のキーラ山頂展望台

Wollongong is a mid-sized city in Australia which location is about 70 km south from Sydney. If you visit near Wollongong, there is a place which you must go. It is Mount Keira Lookout which is just 20 minutes drive from the central area of Wollongong. ウロンゴンは、シドニーから南に約70 kmの場所にあるオーストラリアの中規模の都市です。 ウロンゴンの近くを訪れるなら、絶対行くべき場所があります。 ウロンゴンの中心部から車でわずか20分のキーラ山展望台です。 …

Beautiful Sunrise in Penang ペナン島の美しい日の出

The sunlight will be weakened at sunrise and sunset. So we can see a fantastic view that includes the sun then. Of course it is also important to have nice background view which contains the fantastic sun behind the horizon. 日の出と日の入りでは、太陽の光が弱められ、太陽を含んだ幻想的な景色を見ることができます。当然ながら、太陽が地平線、水平線のかなたに見られ、その幻想的な太陽にマッチする背景であることも重要です。 I think that there are more people watching the …

Odaiba お台場

Odaiba is located in Tokyo Bay area. This area used to be a sea, and was newly created by land filling about 40 years ago. Because this area is filled with many modern building and unique facilities, so many foreign visitors visit this Odaiba place to see Japan-like scenery. This …