Travel guide about Japan


A garden of hot-spring resort in Hakone, that is photographed in April 2016 by Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD.


Travel sketch ( An English guide) in Japan in sightseeing, hotels and railways

Ise Grand Shrine
Meiji Shrine and Inner Garden in autumn
Yasukuni Shrine
Izumo Grand Shrine, Shimane
Sensouji Temple, Tokyo
　Tokyo Metropolis mini-tour
Shinjuku-Gyoen, Tokyo
Enoshima-Kamakura Tour, Kanagawa
Matsumoto Castle
　Outskirts of Tokyo Metropolis: Mt. Ohyama
　Outskirts of Tokyo Metropolis: Mt. Mitake
Takasaki Kannon, Takasaki, Gunma
　Kawagoe, Old Town in Meiji Era, Saitama
　　　　　　　　　　　　
　 Spa resort in Odawara, Kanagawa
　Hot-spring in Beppu + Yufuin, Kyushu
smoking restriction in this ryokan is rather unsatisfactory.
　 Japanese inn, 'ryokan' at Kaminoyama Hot-spring, Yamagata
　　　　　　　　　　　　A smoking restriction in this ryokan is rather unsatisfactory.
　Miyajima ( Itsukushima shrine ) and Hiroshima
President Obama's visit to Hiroshima

Nara shrines and temples
Kyoto shrines and temples

　Kagoshima, the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu
　Mt.Komagatake and Lake Onuma in the southern Hokkaido
Sapporo
Hakodate, Hokkaido
　Shiretoko National Park, Hokkaido

　Yuze Hotel, a well-maintained hot-spring ryokan in Tohoku
Aomoriya, Misawa, Aomori
　Urabandai mountain, lake trail and hotel, Fukushuma
　Nikko, Lake Chuzenji mountain trail and hotel
Nikko Toshougu Shrine
　Ueno Toshougu Shrine (Tokyo)
　Kawaguchiko (Trains and Hotel)
　Japanese ryokan, Kagaya: The place we can experience the real 'Omotenashi' sprit.
Kagaya is a top-class accommodation in the way of hospitality in Japan.
However, a smoking restriction in this ryokan is rather unsatisfactory.
　　　　　　　　　　　　＋Kanazawa
　Japanese inn, 'ryokan' at Dogo Hot-spring, Matsuyama
smoking restriction in this ryokan is rather unsatisfactory.
Hotel Associa Takayama Resort: A well-maintained hot-spring hotel in the mountainous
central Japan, between Nagoya and Toyama
　　　　　　　　　　　　+ Hida-Takayama and Shirakawago, Gifu
Minakami highlands ski and hot-spring resort, Gunma
　Yoshiike, Hot-spring resort, Hakone-Yumoto, Kanagawa
　 Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Hakone, Kanagawa
　Hakone Highland Hotel, Kanagawa

　Mount Takao, Tokyo
　A railway heritage, Usui Pass
　Karuizawa-Mampei Hotel
　　　　　　　　　　　　＋Karuizawa in autumn, Nagano
Akakura-Kanko Hotel, Myoko Highland, Niigata
　Toba International Hotel Shiojitei, Mie
Kasuien Minami, Tamatukuri-Onsen, Shimane

Adachi Museum Garden, Shimane

Teennooji Zoo, Osaka
Asahiyama Zoo, Hokkaido
Ueno Zoo, Tokyo
Moomin-Valley Park, Saitama
Toba Aquarium, Mie
Jozankei, Hokkaido
Tokyo DisneySea


H Smoke-free hotels in Japan

Transportation

　 Odakyu express trains between Hakone and Shinjuku, via Odawara
　　　　　　　　　　　　＋Enoshima and Kamakura
　Hakone-Tozan Railway
　　　　　　　　　　　　＋Hakone cable car, Hakone ropeway +Lake Ashinoko
　Hakone Cable Car, Ropeway and Lake Ashinoko
Ichibata Electric Railway, Izumo
Cat-tram, Tokyo
　Hayabusa, Peregrine Falcon, the new 320 km/h Tohoku shinkansen train
　Tokyo-Akita bullet train 'Super-Komachi' train, 320 km/h between Tokyo and Morioka
　JR-Kyushu trains
　Narita Airport-City Express Rail Service
　Shinjuku Highway BusTerminal
　Stress-free Travel in Japan