Japanese macaques live mostly in northern part of Japan where temperature is below freezing in winter. These macaques are known as snow monkeys. It’s often featured as one of Japan tourist attractions in winter. Jigokudani snow monkey Valley is one’s of Japan unique attraction from December to early March. By location, Nagano is not far …
For all we know sakura blooms in spring. Not the one inside Asakusa temple though. We were a little bit shocked looking at sakura blooms too soon…, so were the passerby wondering if the sakura was for real. It brought joy though for all of us seeing this sakura in winter. There are many types …
Although Japanese in general are not religious people, new year eve is the day when people go to temple and really pray for a better year, health and prosperity. As the most famous temple in Tokyo, Sensoji or Asakusa temple is always busy with visitors. Several days after new year eve, Asakusa temple were still …
Early winter in Tokyo will never be dark as thousands of LED lights illuminated the city, giving warm feeling to every passerby. The Tokyo illumination festival usually starts end of November to the day of Christmas annually. The illumination festival is a part of winter attraction and the most awaited event to kick off the …
