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The Water Voyage – Water Episode 5 – “Starbucks coffee Kyoto Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya” – The story of water and coffee.
The development of starbucks in Japan Starbucks was first established in America in 1971 and had started off as a company specialized in roasting coffee…
The Water Voyage – Water Episode 4 – The origin place of vegetarian cuisine and boiled tofu, “Junsei Shoin” of Nanzen-ji. Pure water taken from the foot hill of Nanzen-ji flows through a majestic garden; within it, the site of a medical school from the Edo period.
The History of Tofu Bean curd or TOFU is one of the world’s favorite ingredients. By smashing soybeans that was soaked in water, along with…
The Water Voyage – Water Episode 3 – Uji-gawa river famous waters / Famous fine sake brewed from the waters of Fushimi. Lodge place: Momoyama Onsen Tsukimikan (桃山温泉 月見館)
The river flowing from the lake Biwa (琵琶湖) in Shiga Prefecture changes its name from Setagawa (瀬田川), Ujigawa (宇治川), and then to the merging location…
The Water Voyage – A trip to HYOGO ARIMA, KYOTO FUSHIMI, OHARA, and MIYAMA
Japan’s largest Freshwater; Lake Biwa’s journey through Kansai Located in the SHIGA Prefecture (滋賀県) of the Kansai region, lies Japan’s largest freshwater and one of…
“Summer Retreat” at a historical ONSEN inn nestled deep in the forest
KIRIZUMI ONSEN (霧積温泉) in GUNMA Prefecture is the best choice if you want to visit ONSEN in summer. I’ve visited this place in July, in…
The 5 Best TOUJI YADO in KANTO Region where you can easily access from Tokyo by bus
TOUJI (湯治) is a Japanese traditional culture. As its Chinese characters literally mean, it is to cure diseases and injuries by the power of natural…
Milky white ONSEN with cherry blossoms in full bloom at SHIRAHONE ONSEN
SHIRAHONE ONSEN (白骨温泉), located in NAGANO Prefecture, was named as the ingredients of its ONSEN (hot spring) which had stuck to bathtubs looked like white…
Outdoor ONSEN with cherry blossom view at one of 3 unexplored regions in Japan
There are places called “Japan’s 3 unexplored regions” – SHIRAKAWAGO (白川郷) in GIFU Prefecture, SHIIBA Village (椎葉村) in MIYAZAKI Prefecture, and IYA (祖谷) in TOKUSHIMA…
Staying at traditional, family-owned, and homey TOUJI YADO in BEPPU KANNAWA
KANNAWA Town is a small town in BEPPU City which has the biggest yield of natural ONSEN and the biggest number of spring source in…
Eco, fun, and healthy. Variety of steamed cuisines by natural ONSEN steam
As already introduced in some separate posts, BEPPU in OITA Prefecture has the great scenery which natural steam of ONSEN is endlessly flowing here and…