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Hatsumode 初詣Click here for the sound of New Year hatsumode at Toyokawa Inari shrine, Tokyo.Hatsumode - is the first prayer of the New Year as people all over the country flock to shrines to pray for success and health in the coming year. Shop owners and business people may visit one of the thousands of Inari shrines in Japan, which are particularly associated with financial and commercial fecundity. Toyokawa Inari, a grand, 700-year old Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Akasaka district, is a very popular ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
MAX ShinkansenE4系新幹線The MAX Shinkansen is part of the E4 series of Shinkansen and has double-decker carriages. The MAX (Multi Amenity Express) runs on the Joetsu, Tohoku and sometimes Nagano shinkansen routes from Tokyo and Ueno stations at a maximum speed of 240kph.When 16 cars are used the train can carry over 1,600 people, the highest capacity for a train set in the world.The interior of the trains have special spaces for storing skis on the journey to ski resorts of Nagano and Echigo Yuzawa.M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
New Japan Immigration Card For 2012外国登録証明New residence registration cards for foreign nationals (zairyu cards) will start replacing the old alien registration cards (aka "gaijin cards") from July 2012.The move mirrors the change in authority for issuing foreign residence cards from the local municipalities (ward offices) to the Justice Ministry (MOJ).Special permanent residents of Korean origin (zainichi) will be exempt from the changes, but foreign nationals residing in Japan under medium- to long-term residence ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Tsukuba Stationつくば駅Tsukuba Station is the terminus of the Tsukuba Express (TX) that runs between Akihabara and Tsukuba (Science City) in Ibaraki Prefecture.Tsukuba Station's facilities and platforms are underground and include the premises of the local tourism information office. Tsukuba bus station is adjacent to the train station. North of Tsukuba Station is the large Chuo Park area and an interestingly designed koban (police box). Farther north is the Tsukuba Expo Center and beyond that Matsumi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Onsenji Temple Gero温泉寺,下呂温泉，岐阜県Gero Onsen in Gifu Prefecture, a 3-hour drive north of Nagoya or 90 minutes on the train on the Takayama Line, is a hot spring resort redolent with the soothing sounds of water.Onsenji Temple, a short walk up the hill from the main town is a peaceful place to enjoy fine views of the Mashita River valley below.Legend has it that after a strong earthquake in 1265 the onsen hot spring dried up until a white heron lead the villagers to the source of a new ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Green Tokyo緑 東京 As a metropolis, Tokyo is all about superlatives. With a daytime population of almost 15 million it is one of the world’s biggest cities, and the minimally regulated state of its construction makes for a more jumbled look architecturally than most Western cities. The streets are crammed with shops and residences, and the spacious properties that the middle class takes for granted in most surburban settings overseas are an almost impossible luxury here.As a concrete jungle, Ja ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Original Japanese Castles日本の城There are only about a dozen completely original Japanese castles still in existence. These castles remain more or less in their original state and are not reconstructions after castles were destroyed either at the beginning of the Meiji Period or during World War II.Japan's twelve original castles include Hirosaki Castle, Matsumoto Castle, Inuyama Castle, Himeji Castle in Hyogo, Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle, Hikone Castle, Matsuyama Castle, Uwajima Castle, Matsue Castle, Maruok ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Mid-Week Stroll Through Gujo Hachiman郡上八幡A good rule of thumb for residents and tourists alike is to try and visit tourist places in Japan at mid-week. Weekends in Japan can be crowded and rather stressful as shoppers, hawkers, tourists and election campaigners mingle on hectic streets.One such place to visit if possible during the week is Gujo Hachiman in Gifu Prefecture. The sound of calming running water abounds (three rivers run through town) and there are a number of fine temples, shrines and gardens as well as st ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
"Japanese elections are too noisy!"うるさい選挙The Sankei news service reports that a 34-year-old Englishman, resident in Tokyo, grabbed the microphone off someone campaigning for public office in nearby Tokorozawa City. The man was arrested for his pains.Local elections are taking place in Japan at the moment. No daylight hour or location is safe from the cacophony of campaign vehicles trundling slowly around the streets, decked with speakers that blast the campaign message to the world.The messages thus blasted are o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Nagoya SCMAGLEV and Railway Parkリニア 鉄道館 The SCMAGLEV and Railway Park in the Nagoya Port area of the city is a new museum dedicated to trains and opened in March this year.The SCMAGLEV and Railway Park displays the sleek new Maglev Shinkansen in addition to previous Shinkansen series including the 300, 500 and 700 and many other Japanese trains.The museum includes lots of fun gadgets including iPad-type screens, as well as bullet train simulators and the largest model railway set in Japan. There are sections s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inuyama Matsuri 2011犬山祭りThe 377th Inuyama Festival took place this weekend just gone. Celebrated in rather more muted style than normal due to the events of the recent earthquake and tsunami, but celebrated nonetheless as life and traditions go on.13 huge dashi floats are paraded around Inuyama, a small castle town north of Nagoya. Flute players and drummers ride the floats and play the traditional festival tunes for the crowds below as mechanical puppets are also displayed on the floats. The festival ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Map of Japan's Prefectures日本の地図This map of Japan shows Japan's 47 prefectures from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south.The present 47 prefectures date from the reorganization of the old feudal domains (han) which were finally rationalized in 1888.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gassho Zukuri Minka-en Shirakawa-go合掌造り民家園The Gassho Zukuri Minka-en or Gassho-zukuri Folklore Park is a collection of historic gassho (praying hands) buildings from the Shirakawa-go area in Gifu and Toyama prefectures. This conservation area preserves over 25 thatched buildings in traditional style within lovely natural surroundings.The Ogimachi district where the park is located was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1995.Set up in the late 1960s following a mass exodus of villagers to the cities, the Ga ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kawasaki Daishi川崎大師Kawasaki is a name more closely associated with the motorcycle manufacturer of the same name (based in Akashi-city in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan), not with the city (in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan). However, Kawasaki is the name of Japan's 9th biggest city, but also one of its most dreary: a dormitory and industrial city sandwiched between the more happening Tokyo and Yokohama.Anyway, I went to Kawasaki recently to check out this neglected corner of the greater Tokyo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum江戸東京たてもの園The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is a part of the excellent Edo-Tokyo Museum in the Ryogoku area of Japan's capital. Like Meiji Mura in Aichi Prefecture, the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is a collection of historic buildings, mainly from the Tokyo area, brought to a new location for preservation.The majority of the structures are from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) but later and earlier buildings can also be found. The preserved displays includ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Soft Sounds of the Tokyo PoliceListen to a Tokyo Police announcementListen to sounds of the soft side of Japanese authority: "Please observe traffic rules and manners and kindly cooperate in preventing accidents."© JapanVisitor.com
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Niijima Island新島Niijima, 160km south of Tokyo, is part of the Izu Islands (Izu-shoto) which also include Oshima, Toshima, Kozushima and Shikine-jima. The outer group of islands includes Hachijojima, Mikurajima and Mitakejima. The islands are actually part of Tokyo!Niijima was a place of exile in the Edo Period (1603-1868) but is now a popular surfer's paradise in summer, though largely deserted of visitors at other times.Habushi-ura is the best surfing, windsurfing and swimming beach on the island - ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Sushi shop man yells at Tokyo commutersJapan has a strong macho tradition that involves lots of shouting, back slapping, and posturing. It was on unique display the other morning at my local railway station, Asakusabashi, in Tokyo, on the JR Sobu line. At the bottom of the stairs onto the street, a middle aged employee (perhaps the owner) of a local sushi shop was accosting commuters with guttural ecries of encouragement, clenched "go-for-it" fists, and the occasional back slap. Check out the YouTube video, taken on my iPhone.© ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kumamoto-Shimabara Ferry島原ー熊本フェリーThe Japanese archipelago consists of 1000s of islands many of which have been connected by boat since time immemorial.Unfortunately, ferry services are in decline especially long-distance ferry services as increasingly busy people choose air travel or the shinkansen bullet train.Short distance ferries cannot be replaced by air or train travel however and ferry services are indispensable for the inhabitants of the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikok ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Where is Kabukicho in Tokyo?歌舞伎町We are often asked "where is Kabukicho in Tokyo?"Here is the answer:Go out the east exit of Shinjuku Station and look across Shinjuku-dori Street for the big screen of the Alta Studio Building. Cross over and go down the street just to the left of the Alta Studio. It will take you to Yasukuni-dori Street, the street running parallel with Shinjuku-dori Street. Keep going straight across Yasukuni-dori Street and you'll find yourself in Kabukicho.© JapanVisitor.comLike this blog? ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kagami Mochi鏡餅The ushering in of a new year means, among other things, that many will again partake in the eating of kagami mochi ("mirror-shaped rice cakes"), a traditional new year's food in Japan. Kagami mochi (鏡餅) consists of a pair of mochi patties rounded into discs and stacked on top of each other and topped by a daidai, a type of mikan. This is the basic construction, but there are sometimes many other additions to the kagami mochi, each with its own meaning. But usually, in its simples ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Japan Airlines JALJapan Airlines or more commonly JAL began life in 1951 becoming Japan's national carrier two years later. JAL was fully privatized in 1987.After years of impressive growth especially on flights to the US, JAL has recently been in financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy protection in January this year amid rumours of possible mergers with other airlines.JAL absorbed Japan Air System (JAS) in 2002 to become the sixth largest airline in the world in terms of passengers carried.JAL serves ov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Images Of Huis Ten BoschハウステンボスHuis Ten Bosch near Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture in Kyushu is a must-see if you are in the area. Huis Ten Bosch (pronounced "House Ten Boss" in Japanese) is an idealized reconstruction of a Dutch town on a grand scale, complete with bicycles, cheese, windmills, canals and Heineken beer.Choose either the standard entrance ticket or the more expensive Toku-Toku ticket, which allows entrance to the various rides, museums and elevator to the top of the cathedral (abov ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Tokyo Monorail To Haneda Airport International Terminal Station東京モノレールThe Tokyo Monorail connects Hamamatsucho Station to Haneda Airport. Haneda Airport now has international flights to Asia, America and Europe after the opening of the new international terminal and the Haneda Airport International Terminal Station on October 21, 2010. Built in 1964 as part of the Tokyo Olympics development, the cars of the Tokyo Monorail still have that 60s feel to them. From Haneda Airport International Terminal Station the Tokyo Monoral links to Shin-S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Toei-Oedo Line Tokyo都営地下鉄大江戸線The Toei-Oedo Subway Line in Tokyo opened in 2000 and is the second-longest linear motor subway line after the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line in Osaka.The Toei-Oedo is also one of the most expensive metro lines ever built in Japan and was 10 years in construction. The line loops from Tocho-mae in Shinjuku with an extension from Tocho-mae to Hikarigaoka.Important stations for connections to other lines include Ueno-Okachimachi, Iidabashi, Daimon, Shinjuku, and Neri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kirin Beer Park NagoyaIf you are a fan of Japanese beer, then a trip to the Kirin Beer Park in Biwajima just one stop on the JR Chuo Line from Nagoya Station might be for you.Turn right out of Biwajima Station and a regular free bus will ferry you to the brewery.The rather long-winded tour (in Japanese) introduces the visitor to the main ingredients of beer, plus the history of beer and the production facilities at the Nagoya brewery, which supplies the whole of the Chubu area. The highlight of the tour is how t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kuko Line Fukuoka Subway空港線The Kuko (Airport) Line is one of the three subway lines in Fukuoka, Kyushu's largest city. The Kuko Line operates from Meinohama in Nishi Ward to Fukuokakuko (Fukuoka Airport) in Hakata Ward. The line is represented by an orange (or red) color on Fukuoka subway maps. Known officially as Line 1, the Kuko Line connects with the JR Chikuhi Line for trains to Karatsu and has stops at Hakata Station (for shinkansen links) and Tenjin Station. © JapanVisitor.comLike this blog? Sign up f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Dance Performance at Shimbara Castle島原城In an attempt to draw in customers to the impressive Shimabara Castle staff are performing a funky dance routine outside the main entrance.Dressed in Edo Period (1600-1868) costume, a ninja and samurai are among the cast of line dancers.Shimabara Castle is the Kyushu port town's main attraction and well worth a visit.The present Shimabara Castle is a 33m-tall, five storey, ferro-concrete structure re-built in the style of the original 17th century castle in 1964. Various yagura (to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Robosquare FukuokaロボスクエアRobosquare inside the TNC TV Building in Fukuoka is a free museum showcasing Japan's prowess in the field of robotics.On display are the robotic dog, Aibo, the cuddly cyborg seal, Paro and a number of other robots including Aimo, Robonova and RIDC.Robosquare holds workshops and seminars for school childen to prepare for participation in Robocup Junior competitions and to promote the robotics industry in Fukuoka.Robosquare2F TNC-TV Bldg.,2-3-2 MomochihamaSawara-kuFukuokaTel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Takachiho Yokagura高千穂夜神楽Takachiho Yokagura is performed nightly at Takachiho Shrine Usually four dances are performed in the hourly show which begins at 8pm (500 yen).The evening we attended we saw the Dance of Tajikarao, the Dance of Ameno-Uzume and the Totori Dance featuring Tajikarao. In the first dance Tajikarao listens for sounds of Amaterasu (the sun goddess) hiding in Amano-Iwato cave. In the second dance Ameno-Uzume performs an "unusual" (read "bawdy" according to the ancient texts) dance ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Dead Crow Near Atsuta ShrineカラスWe came across this rather gross dead crow near Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. The carcass was being devoured by other crows. Yuk! Though at least they clean up their own mess.Crows will feed on any organic matter.© JapanVisitor.comYahoo Japan Auction ServiceJapanese FriendsTokyo Apartments SearchJapan Job SearchRough Guide To JapanTagsJapan CrowsCrowNagoyaJapanese Crows
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Haneda Airport v Narita Airport東京の空港Fierce competition has broken out between the two airports serving the Tokyo metropolitan area: Haneda Airport and Narita Airport.For a long time Narita, further out to the west of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture was considered Tokyo's main international airport, while Haneda (Tokyo Interntional Airport), much closer to central Tokyo in Tokyo Bay, was predominately a domestic hub.Now things are changing. Haneda has opened a new 5-storey, 24-hour terminal extension and increased the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Learn A Japanese Word or Phrase日本語Learn a new Japanese word, expression or phrase each day with this handy widget.Learn more Japanese »Get this widget© JapanVisitor.comYahoo Japan Auction ServiceJapanese FriendsTokyo Apartments SearchJapan Job SearchRough Guide To JapanTagsJapanese LanguageJapanese WordJapanese PhrasewidgetJapanese
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Brazilian Festival at Yoyogi Parkブラジル祭り２０１０Japan has a very large Brazilian community, mainly second generation returnees of the Japanese immigrants who went to Brazil in the early 20th century after Japan had impoverished itself in winning the Russo-Japanese War. The boom years of the 1980s brought their children and grandchildren back to Japan, but to a culture completely different to the one they were raised in.Nevertheless, despite the cultural divide between Japanese born here and Brazilian Japanes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kiyosumi Teien Gardens, TokyoTokyo's Koto ward is, like most of the city east of Ginza, far from glam and not renowned for its overall beauty. However, it is home to the Fukagawa district which is rich in historical significance and offers some aesthetically unforgettable experiences.One spot of particular beauty in Koto ward's Fukagawa district is the Kiyosumi Teien Gardens. These relatively small gardens date from Japan's feudal era, and were once owned by the founder of the Mitsubishi corporation. They offer a feeli ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Resonance 2010Resonance 2010 is a music/dance/art experience directed by Kaoru Watanabe, former artistic director of the famed Kodo Drummers. Resonance will be doing two shows in Kyoto at the excellent art space UrBANGUILD on Sept 3 and 4. Please see the link here and press release for full details in English. Resonance can offer a 1,000yen discount off the cost of entry (2,000yen entry instead of the regular 3,000yen) to JapanVisitor readers. Just send an e-mail to yakimonos [at] earthlink [dot] ne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kiyosumi Teien Gardens, Tokyo Tokyo's Koto ward is, like most of the city east of Ginza, far from glam and not renowned for its overall beauty. However, it is home to the Fukagawa district which is rich in historical significance and offers some aesthetically unforgettable experiences.One spot of particular beauty in Koto ward's Fukagawa district is the Kiyosumi Teien Gardens. These relatively small gardens date from Japan's feudal era, and were once owned by the founder of the Mitsubishi corporation. They offer a fe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Beckii Cruelベッキー・クルーエルBeckii Cruel, aka Rebecca Flint, was the subject of an interesting BBC 3 documentary this month. The Isle of Man-born schoolgirl became a hit in Japan after posting videos of herself on YouTube dancing to J-pop songs in her bedroom. Long a fan of Japanese manga and anime, Beckii's doe-eyed looks fit perfectly the stereotype of a shojo manga character. Spotted by a talent scout, Beckii was taken over to Tokyo for her 15 minutes of fame as a moe idol.The document ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The 7th Tokyo Pride Parade東京プライドパレード Japanese gay, lesbian, and transgender pride is here again this weekend, with the 7th Tokyo Pride Parade, happening on Saturday, August 14, 2010 (see Tokyo Events, Gay & Lesbian).Tokyo was the first city in Japan to have a public gay/lesbian pride event, in 1994. It inspired a similar event that began in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, two years later: what is now known as the Rainbow Parade, Japan's longest-lived annual gay and lesbian parade.Tok ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Tokyo's Hibiya Park日比谷公園Tokyo's Hibiya Park in Chiyoda ward occupies an area once owned by the Mori clan of Hagi during feudal times.The park's tennis courts are the most popular in Tokyo due to their location in the heart of the city.© JapanVisitor.comYahoo Japan Auction ServiceJapanese FriendsTokyo Apartments SearchJapan Job SearchRough Guide To JapanTagsHibiya ParkTokyotennisJapanese Parks
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Conveyor Sushi Kaitenzushi回転寿司Conveyor belt sushi (kaiten-zushi) is a fixture of the Japanese fast food scene and kaiten-zushi restaurants can be found in most Japanese towns and cities. To cut down on costs, customers choose their sushi from the conveyor belt as it passes their table or counter or they can order from a touch-screen display.Soy sauce, ginger, free green tea and disposable chopsticks (waribashi) are found at your seat and the bill is calculated from the number and color of the empty plates of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Amorphophallus titanum blooms in TokyoThe world's largest flower, the Amorphophallus titanum, which is native to Indonesia's Sumatra island has drawn huge crowds as it bloomed in Tokyo's Koishikawa Botanical Gardens.At full bloom the plant gives off a terrible smell. The plant has grown from a seed donated in 1993.The Koishikawa Botanical Gardens open from 9am-4pm and are closed on Mondays.© JapanVisitor.comYahoo Japan Auction ServiceJapanese FriendsTokyo Apartments SearchJapan Job SearchRough Guide To JapanTagsAmorphophallus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Kawagoe - "Little Edo"川越 小江戸Kawagoe is a small city about 20 miles slight north-west of Tokyo. It is best known as "Little Edo," Edo being the pre-1868 name for Tokyo, because it preserves much of the look and feel of old Tokyo lost in the 1923 earthquake, World War II, and modernization.Kawagoe is well-known for the Kawagoe Matsuri (Festival), held on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday in October with its huge floats(up to 7.5 tonnes) paraded by groups of men straining under their weight, urged on by perc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Shark Fins At Kesennuma気仙沼This gruesome video was shot by Hong Kong based British photographer Alex Hofford in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture.Kesennuma is Japan's and indeed the world's shark fin capital with most of the fins exported to Hong Kong and mainland China. The fishing port also lands large numbers of tuna, bonito, and Pacific saury.© JapanVisitor.comYahoo Japan Auction ServiceJapanese FriendsTokyo Apartments SearchJapan Job SearchRough Guide To JapanTagsJapanShark FinsKesennumaMiyagi
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Happiness Realization Party幸福実現党The Happiness Realization Party, founded in May 2009, is the political organ of the Happy Science religious movement. Happy Science is a sci-fi religion founded by Ryuho Okawa, a former high-flying trader turned charismatic religious leader who claims to be a reincarnation of the Buddha.The Happy Science movement has been extremely successful. Having graduated from Tokyo University and the City University of New York (where he graduated with a degree in finance), “Master Ok ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Troubled Sumo Seeks Fresh Start At Nagoya Basho相撲名古屋場所The troubled sport of sumo lurches from one crisis to the next ahead of the opening of the annual Nagoya tournament this Sunday.Rocked by revelations of betting scandals and connections with Japan's underworld, the sport is seeking to restore its tarnished reputation beginning with this weekend's basho.Champion wrester Kotomitsuki and stablemaster Otake have both been fired from the over 1,300 year-old-sport and 18 other wrestlers have been suspended from the upcoming t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Judo柔道Judo ("the way of gentleness") is a relatively new Japanese martial art, dating only from the Meiji Period. The sport was developed in 1882 by Dr Kano Jigoro (1860–1938), a weakling as a child who took up jujutsu training to strengthen himself during his studies at Tokyo University.Kano developed and systemized judo as a martial art from the older jujutsu techniques, which had been formulated in a number of "schools" under various masters in the Edo Period (1603-1868) as a means of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Blue SamuraiサッカーSales of replica shirts and scarves for the Japanese soccer team, known as the "Blue Samurai" were well down on the last World Cup in 2006 leading into the 2010 event in South Africa. Japan's erratic form under eccentric coach Takeshi Okada and the economic downturn contributed to a distinct lack of interest among the Japanese public. Fewer people on organized tours have traveled to support the team in South Africa amid concerns over security and the huge distances involved ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Shimoda Floating Aquarium下田海中水族館The Shimoda Floating Aquarium, south of Izukyu Shimoda Station, is located right on the coast in a dramatic setting.The aquarium features dolphin and penguin shows as well as feeding sessions with seals.The various tanks also hold a vast variety of aquatic life found off the Izu coast, including jelly fish, sharks and small fish that eat the dead skin from your fingers.There is a souvenir shop and a rather over-priced restaurant at the main entrance.The bus from bus sto ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |