I visited the Kyoto Railway Museum, one of the largest railroad museums in Japan, with the theme of “discover, touch, and experience.” With this visit, we have now visited all three major railway museums in Japan, along with the Railway Museum in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, and the SCMAGLEV and […]
Azabudai Hills, which opened on November 24, 2023 (Fri), is a complex facility built around the concept of “Modern Urban Village – a town like a plaza surrounded by greenery that connects people”. It is not only a commercial facility, but also an office, a hotel, a residential complex, and […]
Toyota, Japan’s world-class automaker, is an indispensable player in the global automotive industry, with record annual production in 2023 and a global automotive market share of more than 10% in 2023. The Toyota Automobile Museum in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, was established in April 1989 as one of the commemorative […]
Toyota, Japan’s world-class automaker, is an indispensable player in the global automotive industry, with record annual production in 2023 and a global automotive market share of more than 10% in 2023. The Toyota Automobile Museum in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, was established in April 1989 as one of the commemorative […]
The Hoki Museum, located in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, is a rare museum in the world that specializes in realistic paintings. There are not many opportunities to see realistic paintings in Japan, and – to be honest – at first, I was not very interested in them. I had always […]
At the end of August 2023, I took my children to the Miraikan in Odaiba, Tokyo. I had the impression that a science museum would be a bit stuffy and difficult to explain, but the Miraikan was a very interesting place with many fun ways to learn that I could […]
Have you ever heard that there is the largest dinosaur discovery site in Fukui prefecture and Fukui prefecture is called “Dinosaur Kingdom”? In Katsuyama city, the big and incentive excavation project was started in 1989 inspired by finding alligator bone from the Cretaceous period in 1982. In fact, about 80% of dinosaur […]
D. T. Suzuki and Kitaro Nishida are one of Japan’s leading philosophers born in Ishikawa Prefecture. In fact, they were classmates and close friends at the Fourth Higher Junior High School. Facilities that convey their ideas and trajectories are located in their respective hometowns. The “D.T. Suzuki Museum” in Kanazawa […]
Last week, we introduced Fuji Speedway Hotel and this week, we would like to present Fuji Motorsports Museum where you can discover the 130 years history of motorsports together with roughly 40 exhibits. So let’s check it out! Most probably, this is the first motorsports museum in the world to […]
Who was D. T. Suzuki ? D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966) was a Buddhist scholar and doctor of literature from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He is known for spreading abroad the frontiers of Asia, Zen and other forms of Buddhism, as well as Eastern and Japanese cultures & thoughts. With his […]