🇯🇵Japan Surprising/Interesting Japan

🇯🇵Japan Surprising/Interesting Japan

Was he in the middle of a rice field? The "God of the Rice Fields" and Kyushu's local toys

Is there really a place like this?! I drove along the farm road in a super cheap rental car and arrived at this place. Exciting... There's something there... Hmmmm!! What an impact (lol) The rice field god is a god who protects the rice fields and brings a bountiful harvest, and its legend can be seen all over the country...
🇯🇵Japan Surprising/Interesting Japan

In Kagoshima Prefecture, there is a ``volcanic ash storage area'' and the famous ``polar bear''!

It's normal to have a place to dump snow in Hokkaido, but who would have thought that there was an "ash dump"! What is "ash"?! (Starring people who saw the Black Ship for the first time) Why do children look more dignified? (lol) Ashes are a designated dumping area. Anpanman is also pitch black! This must be a joke...
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Okinawa has ``mensore'' and Amami has ``imore'' and ``imorinshole''! ?

I got an advertisement at a supermarket called Green Store in Amami Oshima! If you look closely, you'll see... Thursday Chiba Festival? Friday Imore Festival I found "Imore" again! Imore If you see it so much in Amami, you'll be curious (lol) The meaning "Imore" and "Imore" are from Amami...
🇯🇵Japan Surprising/Interesting Japan

The origin of "Anatakata Dokosa" was Kumamoto Prefecture! There are many tanuki statues

Where are you all? Higo. Where is Higo? Kumamoto. Where is Kumamoto? Senba. There is a raccoon dog on Mount Senba. A hunter shoots it with a gun, boils it, grills it, eats it, and hides it with a leaf. This is the famous Temari-uta. The official title of the song is "Higo Temari-uta" (Higo Temari Song).
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Okinawa

In Okinawa, there was a Shisa who fought and won against a US military tank with just his head!

That's ridiculous!? It's true. Please take a look here. This is a guardian deity that protected the people from the tanks advancing during the Battle of Okinawa. When a US tank tried to move near the villagers' shelter, it somehow ran over the head of this Shisa and got stuck. It tried to get over it several times, but each time...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Kyushu

[Amami Airport] Bus stop on arrival & meal on departure is unexpected cup noodles

Access to Amami Oshima is possible by direct flight from Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, and by ferry from various places. I thought a boat trip would be nice, so I looked into it and found a ferry route from Naha Port (Okinawa) to Naze Port (Amami). However, the journey takes about 13 hours and 30 minutes, so it is not as easy as flying, and it is also expensive.
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Kyushu

Pork egg and big ◯ that were also found in Amami and Kumamoto are ◯◯

Amami, originally the Ryukyu Kingdom, has had a strange fate, having been occupied by Satsuma, undergoing unequal trade and the American occupation, and now living to this day. I wondered if there were any traces of the Ryukyu Kingdom era left. The bus driver asked me, "Are there any tourists here?"
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Kyushu

[Amami Oshima/Southern Drive ②] Contrasting scenery “Honohoshi Coast vs. Yadori Beach”

From "Setouchi Sea Station", we continued driving for about 11km to the south, so far south that it is no exaggeration to say it is the southernmost point of Amami Oshima. We then went to two beaches with contrasting scenery. Yadori Beach The first place we visited was Yadori Beach, which is said to be a white sand beach. When we read the signboard, we found that it read, "The origin of Yadori" was...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

⛄❄Snow in Hakodate!!❄I went to the cape on a snowstorm day!

Dry air and snowy northern skies. We present you with some icy scenery that will delight you in the hot summer. The scene is Cape Tatemachi. This is just the beginning... Can I move forward like this? (Walk?) Just as I thought that, a strong gust of wind and a ground blizzard made it impossible to see in front of me, so I turned around! The bumps...
○Funny and interesting things

Okinawa's rainbow, clouds and zodiac road, Kota Kinabalu's rainbow is also amazing!

Here is an incredible rainbow that I thought was a UFO for a moment ↓ What!? What is that glow in the clouds!? Amazing! I wonder if the light was reflected exquisitely on the clouds!? Speaking of rainbows, there was also a double rainbow. This is a photo of Tokyo. I see these kind of things occasionally, but the one in Malaysia was even more amazing! Kota Kinabalu...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

Hakodate interesting and unusual scenery/tetra pot photos part 1

What's that! The roof is like a pompadour (lol) It's windy in Hakodate. The weight of the hut by the sea is also well-prepared! The place name Yachigashira is also like this. I found some kelp for some reason. There was a strange-shaped tetrapod on Radial Route 2! What!? What is this!? There's something like takoyaki. If...
🇯🇵Travel in the Tohoku region of Japan

Cup ramen I had in Hakodate - with meat

The cup ramen I ate in Hakodate later influenced me! First of all, here is the delicious Japanese food Tsugaru Niboshi Ramen (Aomori Geki Niboshi) Aomori Prefecture also has delicious ramen. However, in Hakodate, which is adjacent to us across the sea, salt ramen is famous, and in the area where I live...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

Interesting names found in Hakodate (including Kochi and Okinawa)

There are store names here and there that make you want to say, "What is this?" In Hakodate, I took a picture of an apartment building whose name was funny. This article has a lot of hiragana. Palace Omachi This is just the beginning. Before Hakodate Dock, if a Kansai person saw this name, they would immediately want to point it out...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

●Gokko-chan● A close-up photo of her comically swimming in the fish tank!

The pretend swimming that can be seen for a limited time was too cute! It was held at the main store of Hakodate Seafood Market. The spawning season is from December to April of the following year, so I think you can see them for a little longer. From the road to there. Around Ah, there is a statue of Takadaya Kihei. I didn't know about it until I came to Hakodate...
○Delicious summary article

new discovery! !11 Surprisingly Unusual Gourmet Selection

I've put together a list of 2021 lunches in 11 that were extremely satisfying and delicious. Next up, 2021 surprising and unusual gourmet dishes I encountered for the first time in 11. For details, click on the blue text below the photo or the article below. Maki no Udon (Fukuoka) I ate it for the first time in 2021 and it was a udon that I've never had before...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

Create your own title for this sculpture found near Goryokaku!

A bear? is sitting in a funny position. What is the title of this sculpture? (Time limit: 5 minutes) Answer: Looking at the hand Question 2! What is the title of this sculpture? (Time limit: 5 minutes) Answer: "The person who laid the egg" What does it mean? (Time limit: 5 minutes) I just read it...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

The Coop's frozen omelet rice was more delicious than I expected.

It's not an omelette, it's frozen omelette rice!? It says fluffy eggs, but are they hard? Can they really become fluffy just by using a microwave?! (Low expectations) I said, but I was curious so I bought it. All you have to do is cut a part of the bag with scissors and microwave it. Oh, I thought...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

A tuna cutting show? We tried eating the tuna fillet right after!

A live tuna dissection show, live cutting, and live purchase! Boom! (Sleeping?) It seems to be bluefin tuna from Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture. It starts with a slightly awkward announcement! Two people dissecting the bluefin tuna! As I was watching, I noticed the spinal cord. This part is jiggly...
🇯🇵Japan Surprising/Interesting Japan

Speaking of Hakodate? Yakitori bento? Gokko sashimi?

First, let's start with the breakfast buffet. As we get closer to Hakodate, we've started seeing more and more salted squid. The ones in Hakata were pretty good, but the best squid is in Hakodate. Finally, we've arrived at our destination, Hakodate! The origin marker of the national highway? On Akamatsu Kaido, where magnificent pine trees can be seen on both sides of the road, we...
🇯🇵Travel in Japan and Hokkaido

[Hokkaido/Noboribetsu Onsen] Collaboration with autumn leaves “Jigokudani” & Autumn taste

I think it was when I was driving from Lake Utonai through Tomakomai and approaching Shiraoi? I remembered the lonely coastline and the sky. I remembered that the scenery was similar on the drive along the coastline from Kushiro to Tokachi. Then, going further, I saw a horse ranch! After that, I went into the mountains from the coastline and saw a bright...