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Dakigaeri Valley and Dakigaeri Jinja Shrine
Hubby and I visited Dakigaeri Valley on October 11th. Dakigaeri Valley is one of the most scenic valleys situated along Tamagawa River, a tributary of Omonogawa River, in Semboku City of Akita...
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Akita
On February 7th, hubby and I went to see professional wrestling in Akita City. New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion visited Akita City that day and matches were held at one of the huge halls of a building...
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Toyama Castle
During the New Year holidays, hubby and I visited a few sightseeing places but the blog posts about those places are pending for a long time. As I wrote in an earlier post, we had been to our home in...
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Shirakawa-go - part 1
As I wrote in the previous post, hubby and I visited Toyama Castle in the morning of 29th December 2014. Later in the afternoon we visited Shirakawa-go. Shirakawa-go is a historic village located in...
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Shirakawa-go - part 2
This post is in continuation to the previous post about our visit to the scenic historic village of Shirakawa-go located in Shogawa River valley at the foot of Mount Hakusan in the northwestern part of...
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My birthday
My birthday was on 19th June. Although hubby and I are not into celebrating birthdays or anniversaries in a grand way, we usually have some simple funny celebrations to create happy memories for...
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Stamina Taro Restaurant
This blog post is pending for a very long time. On 29th March, hubby and I had lunch at a restaurant named Stamina Taro in Akita City. Stamina Taro is a buffet style family restaurant. It is actually a...
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Yamadera Temple - part 3
As described in the previous two posts (here and here), on October 25th 2014 hubby and I visited Yamadera Risshakuji Temple located on Mount Hoshuyama in Yamagata City of Yamagata prefecture. In the...
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The past month
Although I immensely enjoyed the winter season during my initial stay in Akita prefecture, I got rather unwell during the severe long winter months the past couple of years. We could hardly visit...
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Matsumoto Castle
Hubby and I visited Matsumoto Castle on 3rd January during the New Year holidays. As I have written in a previous post, we spent our holidays in Ichinomiya City. After the holidays while returning home...
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Home-cooked food
Since April of this year, hubby started taking pictures of some of the food items I cook at home and posts them on his social networking site Facebook page. Today while seeing his timeline on Facebook,...
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Uesugi Jinja Shrine
As I wrote in an earlier post in August, hubby and I had been to Sendai-Izumi Premium Outlets in Sendai City of Miyagi prefecture on 12th July, and later drove up to Yonezawa City in Yamagata...
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Uesugi Clan Mausoleum
As I wrote in the previous post, on 13th July hubby and I had been to Uesugi Jinja Shrine in Yonezawa City of Yamagata prefecture. Afterwards we visited Uesugi Clan Mausoleum located in the same city....
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Tokyo Skytree Tower
Hubby and I visited a couple of sightseeing spots during Obon Holidays in mid August, Tokyo Skytree Tower in Tokyo being one of them. We had earlier visited Tokyo Skytree Tower in December 2010, at...
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Tojinbo cliffs
On 15th August, during the Obon Holidays, hubby and I visited Tojinbo. Tojinbo is a stunning and beautiful scenic area located in Anto part of Mikuni Town in Sakai City of Fukui prefecture. It is...
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Hamadate Koen Park
On September 27th, hubby and I visited Hamadate Koen Park located in Nishime Town of Yurihonjo City in Akita prefecture. The park is located near the coast on a hill overlooking the Sea of Japan. On...
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The past couple of months
Life has been rather quite over the past couple of months. Hubby had been very busy with his office work and brought home a lot of work. But on weekends, hubby and I visited a few sightseeing places in...
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Dakigaeri Valley and Dakigaeri Jinja Shrine
Hubby and I visited Dakigaeri Valley on October 11th. Dakigaeri Valley is one of the most scenic valleys situated along Tamagawa River, a tributary of Omonogawa River, in Semboku City of Akita...
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New Year holidays
I have not written any post for about a month now. Hubby and I had been to our home in Ichinomiya City during the New Year holidays and after returning back to Yurihonjo, I had not been keeping well...
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Yamadera Temple - part 1
On 25th October 2014, hubby and I visited Yamadera Temple located in Yamagata City of Yamagata prefecture. We went there by our car. The temple is located about 190 kilometers south-southeast of our...
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