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
Sensouji Temple
　Tokyo Metropolis mini-tour
Shinjuku-Gyoen, Tokyo
Enoshima-Kamakura Tour
Matsumoto Castle
　Outskirts of Tokyo Metropolis: Mt. Ohyama
　Outskirts of Tokyo Metropolis: Mt. Mitake
Takasaki Kannon, Takasaki
　Kawagoe, Old Town in Meiji Era
　　　　　　　　　　　　
　 Spa resort in Odawara
　Hot-spring in Beppu + Yufuin
smoking restriction in this ryokan is rather unsatisfactory.
　 Japanese inn, 'ryokan' at Kaminoyama Hot-spring
　　　　　　　　　　　　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
　Shiretoko National Park

　Yuze Hotel, a well-maintained hot-spring ryokan in Tohoku
Aomoriya
　Urabandai mountain, lake trail and hotel
　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
Minakami highlands ski and hot-spring resort
　Yoshiike, Hot-spring resort, Hakone-Yumoto
　 Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Hakone
　Hakone Highland Hotel

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

Adachi Museum Garden, Shimane

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

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
　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