House of Tokyo #403

We Japanese pray and thank to God about health, career, love and more.  They locate near Harajuku which is middle of Tokyo. However this Yoyogi Hachimangu(代々木八幡宮) is so solemn and good atmosphere. They are famous but not so crowded. Many TV show broadcast about them.  Going up the stairs, and we feel fresh air. I often visit shrine not only wish our health also feel nature and refresh.  At shrins and temples, we need to wash our hand and mouth before visiting the main building. If you visit shrine or temple in Japan, you will realize this place because there are many people around this Temizusya(手水舎).  Finaly we are ready to visit main shrine. There is route, so you do not need to worry about it. There is bell to call God. We ring it, bow, clap and wish. Do not forget making a bow before leaving. This is Ema which we write our wish. What is Ema ? Most shrine have only one type, but they have several type of picture. We...

Yatai is Food Truck open air restaurant. It is Fukuoka culture. They have only six to eight seats, and come and set up for open around 4pm. Mostly, they have Ramen, Oden, Beer, Sake and more. It depends on the yatai. For people who live in Fukuoka, it is common to eat Ramen after drinking alcohol at Yatai. Eat at Yatai is one of the famous route at Fukuoka trip for Japanese. As I mentioned earlier, they have small space, so distance between guests each other and chef. It is useful to become friends. The Yatai where I visited this time, it was bit different from typical Yatai. Basically Yatai come and open evening,but this Yatai Restaurant open from morning, and have many seats. If I need to name them, I say Big Yatai. Because they have bigger space, much number of menu and longer opening hour. I orderd Tonkotsu Ramen and beef skewers. It costs $6(Ramen) and $7(skewers). They have Oden as well. We need to pick up by ourselves, and tell the n...

Airport always makes me excited. Is airport just place where take airplane? No, no no. I have visited more than 20 cities, and still  both Haneda and Narita airport are one of my favorite airport. (This is not because I am Japanese!)  This is not "How to get sim card at haneda airport", "What is the best way to down town from Narita airport", "Haneda airport has free wifi?". I share what I did when I visieted Haneda airport for my weekend short travel to Shanghai. (They have free wifi but not strong. Reccomend to get visitor sim card.)(Shanghai was amaaaaaizing. I WILL visit there again soon.) Of course I hope this blog help you one day when you come to tokyo,but  also wanna share what Japanese airport have.  We took a train from Tokyo station at 8pm after working on Friday. TGIF! We arrived there at 9pm, and airplane leave 2am.  We still have 5hours. Tihs was SHORT trip, so we must enjoy from at that moment.  ≪SOUVENIR≫ This is...