Japan has become a golf-loving country on a par with the United Kingdom and the United States, but Kobe Golf Club, established in 1902, is the birthplace of golf in Japan, and its history will be exactly 120 years old this year. At that time, foreigners living in the settlement […]
Hakone boasts overwhelming popularity as a hot spring resort near Tokyo. In addition to hot springs, Hakone offers a wide variety of gourmet foods and art spots, as well as natural scenery that makes you want to take pictures of it. There are many spots in Hakone where one can […]
“Noon-Katsu” – a buzzword in 2022 in Japan. This means “Enjoy afternoon tea as activity”. Afternoon tea has an image of elegance, but its popularity has skyrocketed by Instagram and has spread to young people, especially the first generation of true Digital Natives. In addition, with the COVID-19 disaster, there […]
Nijo Castle was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo Shogunate, to protect the Kyoto Imperial Palace, where the emperor resided, and to provide a place for the shogun to stay during his visits to Kyoto. Nijo Castle, which has seen the rise and fall of the […]
Belated (?) Happy New Year!May 2024 be a happy and great year for you! In Japan, we go to the shrine to pray for great year as part of traditional new year activities. It doesn’t matter which one you go but The Golf Japan Team always goes to our Ujigami-sama […]
We visited ShinPuhKan, a brick building with a strong presence in Karasuma-Oike, the central area of Kyoto City. ShinPuhKan is a commercial facility renovated from the former Kyoto Central Telephone Station built in 1926 during the Taisho era and opened in 2001. It gained popularity as a commercial facility open […]
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 […]
It is a beautiful course where you can see the sacred mountain Mt. Fuji from almost every hole, including the clubhouse and starting hole, as the name suggests. What’s more, the course is not located at the foot of Mt. Fuji, but is at a suitable distance and height, so […]
We arrived at Kyoto Station. The time was 11:44. We hadn’t had lunch yet. So…this time we went to Nishiki Market, the “kitchen of Kyoto,” to have lunch! Since we had come all the way to Kyoto, there were many things we wanted to eat! Nishiki Market is truly a […]
I had a trip to Kyoto in the first half of November. The best time to view the autumn leaves in Kyoto is usually from early November to early December. This year was unusually warm even in November, so even though I knew in my head that it would be […]