Monday, November 22, 2010

Mt. Rokko! Rokko zan☆

I went to Mt. Rokko with my friend. Mt. Rrokko is located in the north of Hyogo prefecture. Mt. Rokko is 931 meter above. There are many tourism facilities. So, Mt. Rokkou is good for sightseeing!
First I went up the mountain by the cable car. This cable car is so cute and antique style. We could enjoy the view of this mountain throw this cable car's window.
After we took off the cable car, we took the bus and we went to the house of the music box.
There are many music boxes and i can enjoy
to listen many musics.
When I went to the Mt. Rokko, they held the art festival, Rokko Meets Art 2010. We could see many arts everywhere in the Mountain. These are so nice and all arts are harmonized with nature.





We also went to the Rokko zan country house.
There is a hill and we could play some sports (badminton, sleigh and so on) on the site. Also we could sleep there if the weather was so nice!
I chated with my friend there and we spent really nice time.
We could also go there with dogs, so i would like to go to there with my dog someday!

I went up to the top of the mountain by the lift, and we went to the Rokko garden terrace. There gave a sweeping view of Hyogo and Oosaka bay. It was so beautiful and nice. In the night we could enjoy the night view! I think the night view of Mt.Rokko is so romantic, so it is really good place for couples!
Mt. Rokko is really nice place, you can enjoy the nature. And you can reflesh! I recommend to go to there! However in the winter, It is so cold there, so you should go to there in the spring!












Wednesday, November 10, 2010

NARA

I went to Nara with my friends.
Nara is one of the Japanese old town. There are many old historical buildings.
And Nara has also World Heritages. I went to one of the World Heritage in Nara, Toudai ji.

When we arrived at Nara, it was around 1 o'clock. Actually we didn't have lunch then, so first we went to Nara Machi. Nara Machi has many small nice cafes. The townscape is old japanese style. There are many narrow streets and Machiya. (Machiya is the Japanese old style house.) when I walked there, I felt as though I were a time-traveler in the old Japan.

We could find the really nice small cafe, and have lunch which was uses special products of Nara. It was really delicious. Especially Nara pork was perfect. After ate lunch, we went to Toudai ji. Todudai ji is the really big temple which is the most biggest wooden building in Japan. And it has the Great Buddha of Nara. Actually it was on thursday, but there are many people to see the Great Buddha. This year is anniversary for Nara. Nara was relocated as the capital city of Japan just 1300 years ago. So many people visit there.
The Great Buddha is really big and so beautiful. And I felt that I got the energy from him.
After toudai ji, we went to the small cafe to take a rest. We ate crapes there. It was also so delicious.
Nara is actually really old town, you can see many old buildings there. But there are also many modern nice cafes and buldings. And now, this season is really good for to see turned coler leaves. You should go to Nara at soon! I promise that you can have wonderful time there!