tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36436083160558049572011-11-27T15:53:07.336-08:00J’habite Morinosato mais je vous parle aussi de ce qu’il y a autour. I am living in Morinosato, japanese countryside, and will share my experience.tofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711324749150783019noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3643608316055804957.post-80245411507730128912011-03-13T15:07:00.000-07:002011-03-13T15:07:15.248-07:002011-03-13T15:07:15.248-07:00

from today 3/14th, regions under Tepco (Tokyo electricity) will have Shutdowns. Each district under one of 5 groups. The Tepco site (www.tepco.co.jp) is saturated so I put the grouping infos here : http://bit.ly/epUaEB MARCH 14th (only?) Group1　6:20〜10:00 canceled　16:50〜20:30 森の里1、森の里2、森の里3、森の里4、森の里5、森の里青山、森の里若宮 Group2　9:20〜13:00　18:20〜22:00 Group3　12:20〜16:00 Group4　13:50〜17:30 Group5　15:20〜

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 Il est possible de visiter quelques caves formees grace a des poches d'eau pendant des coulees de lave. Ces deux caves fonctionnent en jumelage. Je ne me rapelle plus tres bien, mais il me semble qu'il est possible d'acheter un double pass. Il est possible comme moi de se procurer des coupons de reduction dans les hotels du coin. La Fugaku Lava Cave offre une voute assez haute pour ne pas avoir

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Here are some details on the five lakes. First, 3 of them, Lakes Saiko, Shoji and Motosu were only one huge lake. They got separated by lava. Something I just learned and could experience a bit after, is the fact that some of them have a big hight difference. The most obvious case is between the Saiko and the Kawaguchiko because of the short distance.

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Pas vraiement a Yamanakako, plutot vers le Saiko, un autre des 5 lacs, Iyashi no sato NENBA est un village reconstitué en 2004. Il disparut suite a un glissement de terrain provoque par un typhon en 1966. Le village est maintenant un regroupement d'artisans et magasins/restaurants dans un cadre fleuri, propre et sans le surfait touristique qu'aime tant le Japon. Parking gratuit et entree de 300¥

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 Bien entendu, les photos ne sont pas exceptionnelles. Nous sommes pres du lac Sai (Saiko). On peut visiter plusieurs caves qui ont ete crees lors de coulees de lave. Celle-ce est habite par des chauve-souris. On n'en voit aucune. Cependant la visite est certes courte mais amusante. Certains passages ne font a peine plus d'un metre de hauteur. En plein ete, c'est agreablement rafraichissant. 300¥

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With such a nice name, you can expect a very cute coffee shop. "Welcome" shows the board. So warm. It is also mentioned "Yamanakako Hirano shop". Maybe a chain coffee shop... . . . . . . . . . . . .  Oh...

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I visited this place last year. This was another trip to Yamanakako. As I never uploaded the pictures, this is a good chance. I usually don't prepare anything when I go out for driving. I just choose a road and drive slow enough to stop anytime. I usually let the cars behind me pass once they show too much impatience, sticking to my back too close for example. So, the bridge just came up into my

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End of the Summer. I went for a long week end to the Yamanaka lake, one of the five Fuji lakes. I took the Doushi road all along to the lake. In the middle, about, the visitor center: Michinoeki (map). A kappa looks over the place.Umeboshi  Unidentified Comestible Vegetable. A huge なす?Michinoeki (=road station?) Before check in, we drove around the lake and get into the surrounding hills. Nice

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 Back to this summer. Pictures deep stored in my mobile phone memory.

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Parking lot behind the Morinosato's post office.

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After a long drive, the best way to relax is having a hot bath. So I stopped by the Yukaraku spa. I don't think this a real hot spring. To get the real onsen naming, I think the shop should provide the same water taken from the ground with no additive and no re-warm. Anyway this is a cheap but nice place. You can have different kind of sauna, a cool room (check the 2nd floor) some baths, jacuzzi

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At the end of the Yabitsu pass from the Miyagase dam and before get in Hadano city, you can stop at  this observatory. This give you a great view of the Sagami bay. With a clear sky, maybe winter would be the best, you can see many famous spots. I could recognize Yokosuka Peninsula, Enoshima, Hatsushima, Ooshima, Izu...

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Everytime I go to the Miyagase Dam, I take the same road 64. This time the way back will be on the Yabisu Pass. Surprisingly, this is a thiny road. Most of the time, this one car wide with many curves. You follow some small and cold river. The only way to stop by is to enter a picnic place. About 500¥~1000¥ for a car with extra ~600¥ per person to get to enter. But if you look for it, you can

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Again, a long time without any news. Back to this summer. I had to go to Machida. It was a good opportunity to visit around. In front of the Mina department store, some week ends, there are some amateur singers and groups take their chance to become famous. To be honest, some of them were not bad at all. Right next the scene, some restaurants

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The night, I came back during the Bonodori. Many people in ykata dancing around the stage. Some of the little girls had a fan in their obi with a number on it. This was for the dancing contest, the best ones could get some little presents. All of the applicants got a little something for the fun. Then we had a lottery. I guess each member of the jichikai get a ticket and can then participate. I

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This week end was the Morinosato Obon Matsuri. I heard so many times that Morinosato is preparing every year a big event compare to the other districts. This is a place with money and/or with a strong community center. It is not a personal opinion, just a resume of all the little comments I got when I say I am living in Morinosato. The city is helping in a way but the main strenght comes from the

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Lately, we have a must-go restaurant. Everytime we go around Hadano to play and do some shopping around Jusco, Cainz... we stop by the Nihao Teishoku (Hello in Chinese - Restaurant) So this is chinese food and a good one. Cheap, they also have free refill of rice with their sets. This change from the KFC, Mc Donalds or other family restaurant when you do not want to make food. Looks like you

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This park is similar to the Ogino Sports Comple, in smaller. You can find a baseball and an athletic stadium, tennis courts and a poolside. This is not swimming pool but many little pools for kids to play. (adults 400¥, half price for Hadano residents). We did not know about that place so we did not have our swim suits. You could see a slide, a lot of safety staff, parents with sun-tents... We

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During the summer break (obon yasumi) the weather was terribly hot. It is still hot somehow. I went further times to the municipal swimming pool at Ogino Sports Park. (Ogino undo koen). This is cheap 400¥ for an adult and a discount for a kid. Mines are even youngers so it is free for them, I think until elementary school. There is a ticket machine which provide you a magnetic card to enter. You

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Open from 8am to 12am300¥ the first hour150¥ each following 30min  You may get some free parking tickets after a purchase in Saty departement store. Sorry, I do not know the fees, I went there to have a baby health check in a city building near by. (click on the pic, it is geolocated)

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After our trip to the Shasui Falls, we asked around some place to visite or drive through. That was not particulary helpful and just driving without any goal was just enough. Then we found some area map and decided a target. An archeological site surrounded by a park. We stopped at the end of the road and continue by walk. Surpisingly, some Sunday hickers were already around. The site and park

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It's been a while I have been there. I do not even rememeber if I posted something on this place. I did not update my posts-to-write-list so forgive me if I write something about it again. I first picked up this Yamakita town area on google maps because we've never been ther. Then with few clicks on the Kanagawa Tourist page, I found out about some tiny tourist spots. First place was the Shasui

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Last fall, I was driving around looking for a spot to eat a bento. I found this road, wide and clean. It looked like an entrance for a temple. Yes, I looked like a temple but I have never seen such kind of architecture in Shinto or Boudhist. This is the headquarters of the Sisinkai. The 思親会 is a new religion of the Lotus sutra system. Religion founded in 1938, feb 11th. This is the only

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Voila ce que j'ai trouve sur le petit muret qui borde la porte d'entree du jardin. Alors que je rangeais mon velo sous la pluie, j'ai d'abord vu cette forme flasque avant d'identifier la bete. Mon portable ne prenant pas de photo extraordinaire, voila ce que j'ai pu en tirer.

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