Going to Atami (Famous hot spring place)

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 per person if you buy a seat in advance. I regret that I should have done this. Well, it ’s a reflection on the next time.

The Tokaido Line didn't start from Tokyo Station and was quite crowded. I told the children that they would sit properly when they had a seat, and then they were vacant little by little, and at around Chigasaki we could sit in a box seat. I didn't feel like opening the snacks and rice balls that I wanted to eat on the train.

My daughter slept on the train because of the jet lag. I couldn't sleep. my son kept watching a smartphone.

We will go to Omuroyama with the team and the line heading by car, but it seems that it takes time to go to the lift platform by train and bus because I don't know the area very well, so we decided to meet up with them in Ito until then, we three would kill some time in Atami.

Atami is famous as a luxury hot spring town. I've been there once or twice. There were a lot of slopes so didn't want to go far from the station. So we have about 3 hours before going to Ito.

1) Footbath in front of Atami Station

Before that, there was a sign in the building in front of the station to leave some heavy luggage but it wasn't open that day. A person in the same building says there's a coin locker so you can leave it.

The footbath was busy in front of the station. A small towel for towels was sold for 100 yen, but I wanted to use the one I brought.

The footbath in front of the station seems is called Ieyasu no Yu. Named after the famous Shogun who build Edo Era.

Daughter willing to enter, but son does not. Teens are difficult to handle.

Locomotive in front of the shopping street. After the footbath, we will have lunch somewhere in the shopping street near the station.

My son likes ramen and he's a picky eater, but he just ate ramen yesterday so I suggested Sashimi lunch but he can only eat tuna.. Moreover, the price is high because it is a sightseeing spot. After all, to a Chinese restaurant that was a little reasonable. I asked for fried rice and fried chicken and a daily special for me. A cafeteria that is loved by the locals.

After that, walk around the shopping street and eat hot spring manju (100 yen)

Take a photo with a Konjiki yasha's sign. . (Face erased) I know this scene but I didn't know the story about this, but I read the outline on the web earlier. Well, that's how it happened. .

I'm heading to Ito soon after the 100 yen store.

Sightseeing gets tired. I want to go with shoes that are easy to walk.

Seven gods of good fortune at Ito

Spiritual
by peacewing

Stay at Tokyo, Akasaka.

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 suitcase packed with four days of changing clothes and each of us carried backpack one by one.

The subway stairs are painful. Later, there I found out was an up escalator, but I didn't know where it was. It's hard to live on foot for us who are used to car life in the U.S.

When we checked in, there were no people at the front, later we finally took a breath in the room. Well, when I wanted to open a suitcase, I couldn't open a small key! Whether the inside is rusted or not, it's unexpectedly strong and won't break. What should I do. .

When I talked to the owner at the inn, he said, “Oh, I ’ll take a look.” We were hungry and decided to eat it at a nearby ramen shop. Buy a meal ticket and sit at the counter. Japanese diners are cheap and delicious, but I'm worried about the our luggage. .

After the meal was over, I went back to the inn and When I asked the owner, he visited a friend luggage store and broke the key!

I was saved. .

The inn itself had a hard futon, but if you stayed elsewhere, I had to broken the suitcase (made of cloth). Thank you Inn owner! !

By the way, there was a convenience store nearby and I bought a snack, so we ate it and fell asleep at 9:00 due to the tiredness of the trip, but we woke up at 2 o'clock in the morning. .

We tried to hang around the morning city when the sky was a little bright at around 5 o'clock. Crows and people are walking around at times like this.

Yoshinoya. We ate breakfast here. 1700 yen for 3 people. Cheap and delicious.

 band men sitting across us talking about last night gig, youth dream.. (overhearing of course)

Then visit Hiei Shrine. I've seen it on TV. It was nice to have an escalator. At this point it is 7am. There were some people who worshiped. I have been asking for work luck and love luck.

A sports car company next to it?

There was a TV station TBS, so I wandered around, but I didn't know whether a regular customer could enter, so I dismissed.

We will return to the hotel and go to Atami to meet my friends and their family.




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greeting in Japanese! ... With meanings..

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 this expresses appreciations for things are there.

My yoga teacher says the opposite of Arigatou is taking it for granted "Atarimae" あたりまえ

it's deep, isn't it?

Next one is, Sayounara (when you spell in English there's no "u" in the middle, but there are "u" to spell in Japanese) さようなら if you write in Kanji,  "左様なら"  it may be translated to "Ok then,"

Sumimasen, すみません　済みません　means excuse me but,
This world comes from "I'm not done" or "I'm not satisfied with myself for what I have done." wow, heavy! nobody put that feeling to this word anymore but originally, it means like that.

I hope you memorized these words today.

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Let's write words in Japanese

Hello everybody, こんにちは。

I've made how to type and write Hiragana on the computer before, based on Hiragana chart.

Lets talk about Katakana for a little bit today.

all the sounds are the same as hiragana.

Katakana look boxy and has edgy shapes compares to Hiragana.

Japanese Alphabet (Katakana) Poster
by falkdesigns

By the way, This chart is sold at zazzle.com Please visit the the link at the bottom for more info.

Katakana is used to express foreign words like,

McDonald = マクドナルド　
Ski = スキー　
America = アメリカ
cake = ケーキ
party = パーティー

all sounds are flat in Japanese.

uses the long line to express long sounds　or extend sounds

you may not recognize the words when it pronounced in Japanese but you'll surprised to know a lot of English words are used in Japanese.

how to write / type Katakana is basically the same as how to write Hiragana.

Let's practice writing / typing words.

First, change the setting to Japanese typing mode,

to type Japanese, you need to know how it pronounced the word in Japanese.

type in  = McDonald = makudonarudo = マクドナルド
 hamburger = hanba-ga- = ハンバーガー
hotdog = hottodoggu = ホットドッグ

small つ is used when you skip the sound. to write small つ、type the consonant twice. you can also make the words smaller if you type in x before the word

only works for vowels and small tsu っ　

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Writing / Typing Japanese: Dotted letters and so on

I'll tell you how to type beyond usual Hiragana chart.

Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, if you add two dots  after those letters for example

かきくけこ
Ka Ki Ku Ke Ko

add " at the right above those letters, they becomes

がぎぐげご

it pronounces

Ga Gi Gu Ge Go

Same for さしすせそ becomes

ざじずぜぞ

Za Zi Zu Ze Zo

だぢづでど

Da Di Du De Do

ばびぶべぼ

Ba Bi Bu Be Bo

Then, if you put small circle at the right side above, they becomes

ぱぴぷぺぽ

Pa Pi Pu Pe Po


Next, if you put little や、ゆ、よ after certain letters, you will pronounce for example,

きゃ　＝　kya
きゅ　＝　kyu
きょ　＝　kyo

Like when you type　kyouto (Kyoto) きょうと　＝京都 in Kanji

you will see よ is little smaller.

Sha Shu Sho
しゃしゅしょ

Tya Tyu Tyo
ちゃちゅちょ

Nya Nyu Nyo
にゃにゅにょ

Hya Hyu Hyo
ひゃひゅひょ

Mya Myu Myo
みゃみゅみょ

Rya Ryu Ryo
りゃりゅりょ

Gya Gyu Gyo
ぎゃきゅぎょ

Ja Ju Jo
じゃじゅじょ

Bya Byu Byo
びゃびゅびょ

Pya Pyu Pyo
ぴゃぴゅぴょ

Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster
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Writing / Type in Japanese on your computer

Hi,

I'll show you how to type (write) Japanese on your computer.

Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster
by falkdesigns

There are ways to type in using the alphabet.

before you start, you need to set up input enabled in Japanese, If you are using a mac, go to System Preferences from the Apple menu, click on the blue flag icon labeled Language & Region. Click on the button marked with a plus sign in the lower left to add a new language, then select Japanese from the menu and click the Add button. You also need to add the setting for the keyboard. go to the keyboard, input source, add Japanese.   I think it's similar for Windows users, please google "how to type Japanese on windows" and find out.

Lately, Japanese people use this type of keyboard on the smartphone. You tap the letter until you get the one you want on the row of, for example, if you want to input "う" you press "あ" three-time sinceうlocates at the third letter of a row of あ.

There are three kinds of letters in Japanese.

One is Hiragana,　ひらがな

then,  Katakana　カタカナ

the last one is Kanji,　漢字　 Chinese characters have meaning in each one.

Let's start from Hiragana.

By the way, I made this Hiragana and Katakana chart sold at zazzle.com please visit the page, you can see the image and study or you can order a poster online!

Japanese Alphabet (Katakana) Poster
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change the setting to Hiragana. on the top right side, change the icon to hiragana usually says "あ" in Japanese. there is a shortcut on mac control and space, for windows, alt, and shift.



The first row is vowels, a i u e o

あいうえお

you'll notice the underline shows up, if you press the space key, it will give you the option to change to kanji, you need to press enter to make "あ" to confirm the letter.

when you add consonant, K it becomes Ka ki ku ke ko

かきくけこ

next line is S, Sa si su se so

さしすせそ

T Ta ti tu te to (it pronounces chi and tsu)

たちつてと

N Na ni nu ne no

なにぬねの

H Ha  hi hu he ho

はひふへほ

M Ma mi mu me mo



Y Ya        Yu       Yo

やゆよ

only have 3 on this row since the pronunciation is the same as vowel "i" and "e"

R Ra ri ru re ro

らりるれろ

 I think it's rather pronounced L There are no pronunciation represents L and R differences in Japanese. It's still hard for me to say in English. There's a simple reason why Japanese people can't pronounce R and L correctly. They don't exist in Japanese.

wa wo only two letters on this row.

わ　を

n is the last word. Type twice then hit enter.

ん

Japan trip - Shizuoka and Tokyo

I went to Japan to see my family in May.  

I left Japan 20 years ago. 

The price of the food is really affordable if you choose. For breakfast, I had rice, miso soup, salmon, and pickles set for only 500 yen or so, I bought a ticket at the machine and gave it to the lady who works by herself cooking, serving, clean up, doing everything! There were at least 8 customers including me. She was working hard. at 8:00 AM it was the peak time serving for guys before going to work. After everybody left, I told her, "You were doing all by yourself, what a hard worker you are!" 

I didn't take a picture of the food. Too bad.

On the other hand, expensive food like this one a cake for 780 yen 810 yen with tax exists. It was good though.

Potato cake (heavy and filled me up) 

I stayed at Shizuoka where Mt. Fuji is, and also my family. In Tokyo, I stayed at Shin Okubo (near Shinjuku). This area is a Korean town in Tokyo. I booked at booking.com the rate was 8500 yen a night. I met up with my brother to visit my dad and grandma at the graveyard. After that, I went to Yurakucho to see my friend. 

When I got off the station, I thought I was in Harajuku. There were tons of teenagers who love K-pop (Korean pop idol group) like BTS and Twice.

I took Shinkansen to go to Shizuoka. It takes only one hour. The day I got to Japan was raining hard. I couldn't see anything but on the way back to Tokyo, I could see Mt. Fuji very clear.

Mt. Fuji from Shinkansen.

The view of Shizuoka

Shizuoka Oden: Shizuoka's soul food.

The statue from Kita san Yaji san: Travelers who walked all over Japan in the Edo era. (Fiction)

Some Shrine near Shizuoka Station.

Japanese Korean Town in Tokyo Shinokubo

Shin Okubo is filled with young people but is hard to see in this picture.

Omoide (memory) yokocho at Shinjuku. I love a little street like this.

Boba at Shin Okubo. 

I had Takoyaki (Octopus ball) final snack before leaving Japan at Narita.

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Gift for Dad 

Gift for Dad
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