Fujiten
Snow Resort
This is a ski ground where everyone from children
and beginners to advanced skiers can have fun.
It is conveniently located about 90 minutes drive
by car from Shinjuku, Yokohama and Shizuoka. Click here
A great opportunity to meet Japanese! Anyone
can attend. We welcome visitors, those who cannot
speak Japanese, and people who come alone or
come for the first time.
The
Railway Museum
This museum contains many enjoyable facilities
that everybody young and old can see and touch,
including a driving simulator that allows people
to experience driving a train, the largest railway
model diorama in Japan, and other train-related
exhibits. Click here
Kyoto
International Manga Museum
Hidden in a rebuilt elementary school is a huge
collection of comic books from Japan and around
the world. Click
here
Japan-Behind
the Scenes - Sightseeing
Okutama
– A Treasure House of Nature Only Two Hours
From Tokyo
Tokyo, as most people know, is a busy cosmopolitan
city with a population of over 10 million people,
but there is much more to the capital city than
just high-rise buildings. The town of Okutama,
located in the extreme western part of Tokyo,
can be reached within about two hours by train
or car. Here, you will see the other side of Tokyo,
a world full of beautiful nature. ...
Tsukiji
– Entertaining Fish Market
It may only be a station away from the affluent
and cosmopolitan streets of Ginza, yet Tsukiji
couldn’t be more different. The area is
a no-frills working district with a distinctly
old-Tokyo feel that has become popular with Japanese
and foreign tourists alike, thanks in large part
to being the undisputed seafood capital of Tokyo
(Tsukiji Market).
Kamakura
– the Beautifully Scenic First Shogunate
Capital
Take a train heading south from Tokyo for about
1 hour and you will get to Kamakura, the old Shogunate
capital of Japan. MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who became
the first Shogun in Japan, created a Kamakura
shogunate in order to carry out his political
aims. From that time, Kamakura became a center
of politics and economics but its power gradually
waned when the Minamoto clan fell from power after
Yoritomo’s death. ...
Akihabara
– Exciting Town of Two Faces
Walking through Akihabara Station’s Electric
Town exit on a Sunday afternoon can be like walking
into a fancy dress party. And a noisy one at that.
Girls in French maid outfits pose for cameras
as they hand out flyers and vie for attention
with wannabe pop idols and loudspeakers bellowing
out the latest deals to be had on electronics.
...
Unveiling
the Secret of Kusatsu Onsen
Kusatsu is a town like no other in Japan and it
has a secret that must be personally experienced
to be understood. The townsfolk are in on the
secret and are more than happy to share it with
visitors. So, just why are the people of Kusatsu
so enthusiastic about their home? ...