Summer Steppin' #2

The night falls. I saw a meteor stream that day. I've never seen a meteor stream or shooting star since I was born. I thought that I could not see a meteor stream or shooting star throughout my life. Shizuoka is darker than Yokohama out of doors, I could see clearly. So it was so fantastic and beautiful. And also it was a nice experience for my life. It was a nice day.

The next day, I went to a famous place in Shizuoka Prefecture. Called "Kawazu Nanadaru" (河津七滝). 

This famous of area consists of seven waterfalls. This place is the main sightseeing spot in the Kawazu area Shizuoka Prefecture.

This waterfall has an ancient tradition, that surrounds a big snake and the eight‐headed dragon. I walked through this area to take two hours all place on foot because there placed at Mother Nature like a mountain. In addition, each fall is separate from the next  fall.  I felt  joy and I thought Mother Nature was so amazing.

On the way back by car, I found an open area at a high place on the highway. This picture is a little bit crude, so can't see it clearly. In addition, I don't know the name of this place. But I was able to get refreshed by stopping there.

In conclusion, all of this travel was so great. I was able to bathe in the sea, to see a meteor stream, to enjoy everything on this trip. It was one of my great memories.Thank you for reading everyone.

Summer Steppin'

Today I want to talk about my summer. This year's summer was so amusing for me because I went on a trip to Shizuoka. In my previous blog post I wrote about Shizuoka but that travel purpose was different. This time, my purpose was to bathe in the sea, so I visited Shirahama Kaisuiyokujou Beach in Shizuoka Prefecture by car.

It was a sweltering hot day, so I think it was exactly a  proper day for bathing in the sea. Shirahama Kaisuiyokujou Beach is famous for bathing because the ocean is clear and beautiful.
 

Also this beach's sunset viewing is so nice. Unfortunately when I visited there, it was cloudy weather, but I still felt so nice. If you go there on a good weather day, you can see a beautiful sunset. 

This post is enough for today. I will continue to write about my Shizuoka travel in my next blog post. See you soon.

Surfer's Paradise

Today I will talk about a surfer’s paradise in Japan, because I went there by car recently. It's Enoshima-Island in the Fujisawa area of Kanagawa Prefecture. Of course, this place not only famous as a surfer’s paradise. It's also famous as a nice viewing spot. Enoshima-Island has the observation tower, called The Sea Candle. This toweris 59.8 m high. It's not one of the tallers tower in Japan, which is good, because I have a fear of heights. I climbed gingerly to the top. 

 

I didn’t bring a digital single-lens reflex camera, in this day I couldn’t take beautiful pictures. But I took some picture with my iPhone. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day when I went there. I ate Maguro Zukedon and Nama-Shirasu-Don (marinated fresh tuna and fresh white bait bowl). They were so delicious. I want to eat them again when I go to Enoshima-Island in the future.

 This area is good for going on a date with someone. Of course hanging out with someone is OK too !

If you have a chance to go to Enoshima-Island, I recommend you go there by car, because, during your journey to Enoshima-Island, the views are so amazingly beautiful. You should experience that.

Metropolitan

Today's blog post is unusual. Usually I introduce a place where I traveled. But today, I’m writing about the things I do not like about the metropolitan area where I live. I’m living in Yokohama City, in the Minato-Mirai area in Kanagawa Prefecture. And I’m a city dweller naturally. First, there are so many cars running through the street. 

And the metropolitan area has so many road and streets that are so complicated. Second, there are dozens of people everywhere. Third, it's a noisy environment. The area has so many people and so many cars. It's a noisy environment and spontaneous everywhere.

Finally, around this area, it's lit up everywhere regardless of day or night. So I think the country side environment is even better than the city environment. In addition around this area there are many high buildings.

I think they're a symbol of urban life.

I thought country life is peaceful in comparison with urban life.  

 
Of course living in the city is not limited to just bad points. I'll give some examples good points. First, public transportation is easily accessible from these areas. And our life is so convenient because I can buy something at midnight anywhere. I think that I depend on city life. 

It is difficult to find a happy medium between city and countryside, but I think I like both the convenience of city life and the nature-rich country life too.

Tradition

I'm back! Today I want to talk about the most beautiful season in Japan, spring. Unfortunately, the most beautiful season has already ended as I love cherry blossoms. And spring is warm, so many people have a party under the many cherry blossoms. This has been a Japanese tradition since long ago.

So we are going to go cherry blossom viewing in this post. This park is Mitsuike Kouen Park in Kanagawa Prefecture. This place has been nominated as one of the hundred selected sites for seeing cherry blossoms in Japan. In the spring season, all is cherry blossom as far as the eye can reach in this park. It's so beautiful and amazing. This park is so huge that you can enjoy a whole day here. If you come to Japan, I recommend coming to Japan in spring. 

Of course, many people have a party under the trees in the daytime, but I prefer having a party at night. Many trees are lit up and the viewing is so tasteful. But you shouldn't  to make a lot of noies late in the evening. Everyone should quiet drink to talk about anything.


This picture is from my hometown. There are so many cherry blossoms on the riverside, and they were lit up by Japanese lanterns. 

This is Japanese tradition. Please come to Japan. You can feel the Japanese Soul.

Mitsuike Kouen Park
http://www.kanagawaparks.com/mitsuike/
1-1, Mitsuikekoen, Tsurumi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0013, Japan
045-581-0287