12 Culture Onshi Hakone Park in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Strolling around Onshi Hakone Park and enjoying several kinds of cherry trees and a great view of Mt. Fuji over the lake will make..
11 Culture Lalique Museum, Hakone Tomoko Kamishima Lalique Museum exhibits stunning jewelry and glass art of René Jules Lalique, a prominent French artist. He also designed inte..
12 Culture Tokei-ji Temple in spring Tomoko Kamishima After the cherry blossoms are gone, the tourist season in Kamakura has a short break. But the flowers in Tokei-ji Temple pass the..
11 Culture Kamakura’s Jokomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Jokomyo-ji Temple is located in a quiet valley almost at the middle of JR Kita-Kamakura and Kamakura Station.
12 Culture Kamakura’s Eisho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Eisho-ji Temple has been a nunnery since it was established in 1636. The founder of this temple was a woman who once was Tokug..
12 Culture Akasaka’s Hie-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima When Tokugawa Ieyasu set up the government in Edo, Hie-jinja was enshrined inside of Edo Castle (current day Imperial Palace) as..
11 Culture Kamakura Jufuku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The grounds that Jufuku-ji now stand on, had a strong connection with the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333).
Culture Yokohama Yamate Museum of Tennis Tomoko Kamishima The items exhibited in Yamate Museum of Tennis are related to the history of tennis in Japan