Hamamatsu
Travel Blogs from Hamamatsu, Japan
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Visiting Yusuke and Yumi...
... me some snowboarding lessons, so I`m looking forward to that... In the meantime, I embarked on a seven hour train journey down to Hamamatsu, where I was to stay with the lovely Yumi for a couple of nights. It had been well over two months since I last ...
Meeting up with Yumi...
... another lengthy masterclass in Shorinji kenpo by Yumi`s dad whilst enjoying the odd sake or three... Unfortunately my time in Hamamatsu concluded with the disappointment of missing out on tickets to the Arctic Monkeys gig...they sold out in ten ...
A really, really, really, really fast train
Trevor took this movie of the Nozomi, the fastest of the three kinds of Shinkansen in service. You can't ride it with a JR Pass - costs extra. Too bad; it'd be really cool to ride it. The video doesn't do it justice; you have to be on the platform to ...
A rEELly good time
... kindly drove us around the one full day we had, first to the Ryugashido Caves (limestone caves), then to the Ryotanji Temple, then to the Hamamatsu Castle (home to Tokugawa Ieyasu), only find it closed at 4:30 (we got there at 4:37 - doh!) ...
Castle hunting in Tokugawa's backyard
... number of hanami lanterns gave me a good idea on how festive the place should be in a matter of a week or so. Hamamatsu-jō is a small, picturesque replica of the old fortress, destroyed in the Meiji Restoration. Since Tokugawa Ieyasu had made it ...
Hamamatsu Kite Festival
... drunk and flying a kite. That's what our second matsuri was all about, on the way back to Fuji. We stopped off in Hamamatsu city (our first ever visit there) to check out the big kite festival! Many international events are also going on as the city has ...
Three to Tango, Part I -- No Speed(o), No Life
... before 7 o'clock. Rental cars all come with a navigation system, so we needed only input our destination, a hotel in Hamamatsu, and follow the instructions. We'd picked Hamamatsu because at about three and a half hours from Tokyo, we figured ...
Thicker than shoyu
... or something) have only met once for about a day, but we haven`t shut up for a moment since she picked me up at the Hamamatsu rail station. Having lived here for the last 16 years with her Japanese husband & kids, she`s determined to expose me to every ...
Quintessential
On Sunday Ewa`s husband Makoto had the day off, so kindly volunteered to spend it driving us around the region. We drove towards Mount Fuji ("Fuji-San"), but it was a cloudy day and the volcano is notorious for its shyness. Only a few kilometres away, ...
Living History
... Station, after stepping off the shinkansen and walking through the station outside, I saw a memorial to Japan's past, present and future. "The tree of Hamamatsu Citizens," read a sign, and then I jotted down the explanation: "Most of Hamamatsu city was ...
Nice Retreat In Suburban Hamamatsu
... I have to admit that these giant firms make this city famous worldwide but little is known about great historical sites in suburban Hamamatsu. Ryotanji Temple is located at the northeast of Lake Hamana and is best known by a zen meditation garden said to ...
Training in Hamamatsu SYS division
Training en Sistemas durante toda la semana. Hay cenas con los colegas el martes, miércoles y jueves. Vamos con Erk al ...
I love holidays!
... was also a great opportunity to do some people watching. The hairstyles, and footwear were quite interesting! Hamamatsu also has the 2nd largest sand dunes in Japan. They weren't very exciting though because they had barricades and it didn't look at all ...
Tourist Attractions around Nagoya
... about three times a year, or only ten days in total, but illuminated every night. 14. Nakatajima Sand Dunes: It is located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I mistakenly thought it was the first time to see sand dunes, but come to think of it, it was not the ...
Segunda semana en Hamamatsu
Cuando llegamos el domingo vamos a la playa. El lunes visitamos ETD por la mañana y SSD por la tarde El martes Center Research (muy interesante, PDE, ...
First night in Japan - Hamamatsu
Had to take 2 trains to get here. The second one was the "bullet". We were going 260 km/hour. Had dinner on the train, checked into the hotel and I sat down to write ...
Rumbo Hamamatsu
... he said- Vaya decepción, a la primera de cambio ya se me viene abajo y recurre a lo fácil, maldita globalización. En Hamamatsu lo saco a comer por ahí y paramos en un sitio bastante bueno. Después, nos encontramos a Erk en el Hotel y nos ...
Back to Hamamatsu and family dinner
... had another traditional Japanese breakfast which included rice (as always), tofu and some raw fish. Then we took a train back to Hamamatsu (Aki's home town). Before meeting with some of the relatives (lots of brothers and cousins) I managed to check ...
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