Eating, Meeting, Mighty, Money

The last day / third day of Izu. I woke up in the morning, took a morning bath without children with my friends (because kids were sleeping), ate breakfast buffet, and went to a place called Izu Grand Pal Park. The admission fee was once again reduced with a coupon, but I had to buy a separate voucher, so it seems a little expensive. . The weather on this day will be cloudy and it will rain. . The 13-year-old boys team ziplines while it is still not raining. In this park, there was a place where you could play without using a ticket, so I finally went there, but it started to rain. . . Even if it is noon at a nearby roadside station, it is closed on Saturdays. Is it because it was raining? ? After having bite in a crepe shop that was open, We decided to go to Revolving Sushi. I bought dried fish as a souvenir at Michi-no-Eki (roadside station). Just after this, I saw the news that dried fish were affected by the lack of sunshine due to the continuing rain. There ...

A total of 8 children and adults arrived at  the Ito Station. After arriving at Atami Station, we will do the footbath in front of the station like we three did yesterday. At this time, I bought a towel for 100 yen. Then take a bus to Atami Castle. We wanted to get on the ropeway so We got to the bottom of the ropeway station. On the way, From the bus, I saw a famous a statue of Kanichi and Omiya. (A guy kicking a woman. Will you be criticized internationally?　Don't be stiff. There is a hidden treasure house (a museum for adults) just below Atami Castle, and there are three sensitive 13-year-old boys,  they were so excited. A view from the ropeway. It is a superb view. Atami is similar to Monaco. Slopes, buildings and the sea. Ride through the ropeway and graze the hidden treasure house (there is a funny statue at the entrance) To Atami Castle. The admission fee was a little cheaper using the coupon. Take the elevator to the top, take a picture, and then ...

I arrived at Ito by train from Atami in about 20 minutes. Japan at the beginning of July this year was unusually chilly, and it rained or stopped that day. The friends who went to Mt. Omuro haven't been able to get to the inn yet, so the three of us were going by taxi. When I asked to ask something at the tourist information center in front of Ito station, the guy told me the highlight of Ito. An old inn called Tokaikan does not do business as a hotel right now, but you can visit it, or the shopping street has a hot spring of Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) and a stamp rally. Get a taxi with various maps and coupons. This time we stayed at Tokyu Harvest Club Ito. (very different/luxurious to the one we stayed last night!) We waited for about 30 minutes in the lobby and joined my friend. Two sets of mother and two children and one set of mother and son. It got noisy at once. After check-in, go to the pool and hot springs. At night, the restaurant in t...

Staying at Akasaka, Tokyo Leave Akasaka around 9:30 in the morning and head for Atami. Looking at the timetable in Jordan,　 https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/en/ it is 4390 yen per person for the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Atami, and it takes 37 minutes for the Shinkansen from Tokyo.  2nd option is "Izu no Odoriko" (Izu Dancer) train takes 1 hour 21 minutes and costs 4000 yen per person. 3rd option is Tokaido, the local train takes 1 hour 53 minutes and 1940 yen. Other friend families go by car. Since only 5 people can ride in the car, it is already over capacity, so we talked about going by train. I decided to get to Atami around noon, so I didn't hurry and my son had to pay an adult fee this year so I decided to save and go on the Tokaido. I thought that it would be possible to sit down during the daytime on weekdays, but it seems that there are many people thinking about the same thing. By the way, there is a reserved seat on this Tokaido, and it was 780 yen p...

I went back to Japan this summer with two children. The next day we arrived, We were going to Ito (Shizuoka) with my family and friends, so I stayed in the city for a night booked in the reservation site. It's not a hotel, it's like a private residence (with private bathroom with shower), it's not a fancy place or anything, but it's in a convenient location and the reviews are good, so I decided here. My two children were quite big (13 and 8), so I didn't want to sleep on a tight bed, so it was attractive to have a single bed for each person. This room has two bunk beds and the area is nice. I've lived in Tokyo for many years, but I am not familiar with Akasaka or the inside of the Yamanote Line. I arrived at Akasaka around 5:00 in the evening and was full of people after work. The impression of Akasaka is modern buildings and old shopping street merged. Since two suitcases were sent to my brothers' house, I will arrive at the inn with a small ...

Greetings in Japanese、Aisatsu, in Japanese. おはよう こんにちは　こんばんは   ありがとう　さようなら　すみません ohayou おはよう is "good morning".  we usually don't use Kanji for this word but if you use it, it says お早う　the Kanji in the middle means "early" or "fast" It makes sense since it's early in the morning. Ko n ni chi ha こんにちは is "hello" but we say this for the afternoon. 今日は　the first two Kanji characters says　Today, は pronounces　"wa" even though it spells "ha". In Japanese, this は pronounces "wa" works as "is" or "are" in English.　postpositional particle I looked upon a dictionary.. so, "Konnichiwa" really means "today is" Same as  "Konbanwa" night greetingsこんばんは　今晩は means "tonight is" Arigatou ありがとう is Thank you,  in Kanji, it 有難う the first kanji means "there" second one is "difficult" so Arigatou means "difficult to be there" so th...