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 Railway Park in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture! The Kyoto Railway Museum is located a two-minute walk from Umekoji Kyoto Nishi Station on the JR Sagano Line. It is one of the largest railway museums in Japan, and was grand-opened on April 29, 2016 after about seven years of preparation, following ..read more

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 an international school. On February 9, 2024 (Fri)MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: Epson teamLab Borderless, which was located in Odaiba until the end of August 2022, relocated and opened. We visited a more powerful teamLab Borderless with new works of art. It is located on the first basement floor of Azab ..read more

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 projects for Toyota Motor Corporation’s 50th anniversary. Although the museum is called the “Toyota” Museum, it is not only a facility to learn about the history of Toyota Motor Corporation, but also a museum that traces the evolution and culture of cars around the world. Ac ..read more

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 projects for Toyota Motor Corporation’s 50th anniversary. Although the museum is called the “Toyota” Museum, it is not only a facility to learn about the history of Toyota Motor Corporation, but also a museum that traces the evolution and culture of cars around the world. Ac ..read more

Nintendo – a video game manufacturer with fans all over the world. Did you know that its history began in Kyoto, Japan, where it manufactured and sold Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards)? Later, the company started manufacturing playing cards for the first time in Japan and developed into the largest card manufacturer in Japan. In 2022, the building that was used as a company building, warehouse, and the home of the founding family was reborn as a hotel called “Marufukuro”! I stayed at a hotel with such a unique history! The Location The Marufukuro is located in a traditional residential area, c ..read more

There are many golf course architects who are called geniuses, and Desmond Muirhead is one of them. Born in England in 1924, he studied architectural engineering at the University of Cambridge, then landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia in Canada, and horticulture at the University of Oregon in the United States before becoming a golf course designer. © Muirhead Fields His most famous work is the Mission Hills CC Dinah Shore Course (1972) near Palm Springs, California. From 2015 until recently, it was the venue for the first major LPGA tournament every spring, the ANA I ..read more

In July 2023, a new luxury hotel will open in the main area of Nagoya. It is called “TIAD, Autograph Collection.” The Autograph Collection is the Marriott Group’s carefully selected collection brand based on its uniqueness, unique story, and distinctive character and personality. “TIAD, Autograph Collection” will be the fourth property in Japan and the first in the Tokai area. The building is designed to draw in the greenery of Hisaya-odori Park, which spreads out below the hotel in a nested arrangement of green terraces, and is characterized by a structure that allows visitors to fully experi ..read more

The previous article of Tokyo Golf Club is here! 【Saitama】Tokyo Golf Club (Part1) – The first golf club made by Japanese to celebrate the 110th anniversary of its opening 2024.02.16 Let’s take a look at each hole of “Tokyo Golf Club”. The 1st hole (368 yards, par 4) starts next to the driving range on the left side of the clubhouse. The fairway is wide and you can hit the ball in a relaxed manner. The second shot is slightly uphill, but it is a hole where you can get a par if you have a good sense of distance. But soon Tokyo Golf Club will show its fangs! The 2nd hole (419 yards, par 4 ..read more

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 of Kobe set up villas on Mt. Rokko and built Japan’s first golf course. On the other hand, in the Kanto region, a golf course for foreigners was established in 1906 at the Negishi Racecourse in Yokohama, which is close to the foreign settlement. This was promoted by businessmen who experienced golf while living in New Y ..read more

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 feel the life force of nature, such as the vastness of Lake Ashi, the lush greenery of trees, silver grass in Sengokuhara, and hydrangea along the Hakone Tozan Railway, but Owakudani stands out from the rest. Among the lush greenery of Hakone, this is the only place where the trees have withered away and the reddish-brow ..read more