Visiting Tokyo during cherry blossom (sakura) festival can be overwhelming. Sakura trees can be found in many places but only some have the most famous sakura type, somei yoshino. The older the cherry blossom trees are the more stunning the shape of cherry blossom sakura flowers will be. Here are some practical tips for …
Ginza is known as a house of premium and luxury brands. Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Dior, Gucci, Tiffany, Harry Winston stores are lining up in Ginza. Ginza is so famous for tourists. On holiday season, there is always tourists’ bus parking around the corner. They shop and shop like anything. Thanks to the weakening of …
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 …
What would you do if you only have few more hours before depart to Narita or Haneda airport? Will you spend the last hours in Tokyo for pictures taking or spending last yen you have in your pocket? I am more on the second option: spending the last yen without getting panic about heading to …
Tokyo station is not just a station, it is symbol of Japan. It was built in 1914 and celebrated its 100 years old anniversary on December 20th, 2014. The first shinkansen ever in Japan operated from this station. Today, Tokyo station is the busiest train station in Japan in term of number of trains arrive …
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 …
