Even fairly dreary parts of our area look wonderful under snow with the early morning sunshine.
This is a blog of many trips to Japan living at our house and doing a home-stay in Kamakura while studying at Japanese language schools in Yokohama, Shinjuku and Shibuya. Also a lot of travelling around Japan.
Saturday 27 February 2016
Snow!
We woke up on Thursday morning to a winter wonderland. It is colder out where we live than in Tokyo and overnight we had a significant snowfall.
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Even fairly dreary parts of our area look wonderful under snow with the early morning sunshine.
Even fairly dreary parts of our area look wonderful under snow with the early morning sunshine.
Thursday 25 February 2016
Something Fishy
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Odawara Castle
It has a most splendid castle and grounds with moats and beautiful gardens.
It was a great strategic importance being a good port and on the approaches to Tokyo. The various clans that owned it were very powerful and rich due to their good agricultural practices and husbandry of their land.
We visited on a beautiful sunny late winter's day and were able to see some of the very first cherry blossoms in flower along with a lot of plum blossoms.
Next to the castle is the beautiful Ni No Miya shrine.
Temple guest house and restaurant
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