Do you think Japanese people sleep on futons in tatami rooms? I want to demonstrate my bedroom as an example and you’ll know how Japanese houses have been changing in recent years. My square bedroom is not a traditional Japanese style, even though I have a tatami room in my house. My house is a Canadian style house. Please imagine a square room with cream colored walls and you are at the back right corner. There is a nice white door with a gold knob imported from Canada to go into my bedroom. And you see a brown desk on left side in the corner. Beside the desk, there is a bed with a yellow bed seat. Also, I have pretty white windows from Canada between the desk and the bed, and on the far wall next to the bed. On the far right, there is a small white door that is also from Canada. That's one of the entrances to go to the storage room. The wall on the right side is decorated with postcards, CD's and stickers. So, nowadays people prefer to live in western style houses. Also we'd like to keep storage rooms in our houses even though a lot of people are used to having small sheds in their yards before. Our house styles are getting universal.
※storage room It's a place people keep things which they don't use for a while such as heaters,fans,futons etc.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Fukuoka part 2 !!
I'd like to continue talking about Fukuoka, this time about tourist attractions.
There are many interesting places in Fukuoka , but I'll introduce most famous places .
First we have a beautiful tower in the city also near by the sea.
It's " Fukuoka Tower" !! The height is 234 m , it's the highest seashore tower in Japan and it's just less than half the height of the CN Tower.
The Fukuoka Tower is decorated by seasons such as Christmas illumination.
Here are two pictures of it.
And we have a dome just near by the tower.
The name is " Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome ".
We have baseball match there and we go there to support our home team, Soft Bank Hawks!!
They are a strong team and they won the league this season, so I'm very happy !!
The dome can hold about 37,025 people for watching baseball.
Right next to the dome, there is Momochihama beach.
People like going there to have wedding parties, nice meals, playing beach sports, walking their dogs and getting on the ferry to other places.
We can go to the aquarium " MARINE WORLD umino-nakamichi" by boats from there.
We enjoy the dolphins and sea lions shows with the ocean in the back !
And there is a park just across the street from the aquarium ; the name is " Uminonakamichi Seaside Park". It's a national park ; there are gardens, a small zoo, some attractions, outside pools (only summer) in the park. Sometime we have outdoor concerts there.
Then go back to the town, I'd like to introduce a popular park in Fukuoka.
It's " Ohori park". The most famous thing in the park is a fireworks festival on 1st of August.
About 400,000 people come to the park to see the fireworks every year.
Also we enjoy Sakura (Cherry blossoms) in Spring there .
Finally I tell you the most famous thing in Fukuoka, it's " Yatai" which is food stalls.
You can see them in Tenjin area.
At night people push carts into the street and sell food like noodles, Japanese BBQ , alcohol drinks etc.
But people usually eat the most famous food in Fukuoka that is " Tonkotsu Ramen" .
It"s nodole with pork soup.
I show you the picture of Tonkotsu Ramen.
Fukuoka is famous for it , and it's very popular.
So nowadays a lot of Tonkotsu Ramen restaurants run in many places which is including other country .
For example, there is a Tonkotsu Ramen restaurant named "Ippudo" in New York.
It's also from Fukuoka.
Thank you for reading!!
There are many interesting places in Fukuoka , but I'll introduce most famous places .
First we have a beautiful tower in the city also near by the sea.
It's " Fukuoka Tower" !! The height is 234 m , it's the highest seashore tower in Japan and it's just less than half the height of the CN Tower.
The Fukuoka Tower is decorated by seasons such as Christmas illumination.
Here are two pictures of it.
And we have a dome just near by the tower.
The name is " Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome ".
We have baseball match there and we go there to support our home team, Soft Bank Hawks!!
They are a strong team and they won the league this season, so I'm very happy !!
The dome can hold about 37,025 people for watching baseball.
Right next to the dome, there is Momochihama beach.
People like going there to have wedding parties, nice meals, playing beach sports, walking their dogs and getting on the ferry to other places.
We can go to the aquarium " MARINE WORLD umino-nakamichi" by boats from there.
We enjoy the dolphins and sea lions shows with the ocean in the back !
And there is a park just across the street from the aquarium ; the name is " Uminonakamichi Seaside Park". It's a national park ; there are gardens, a small zoo, some attractions, outside pools (only summer) in the park. Sometime we have outdoor concerts there.
Then go back to the town, I'd like to introduce a popular park in Fukuoka.
It's " Ohori park". The most famous thing in the park is a fireworks festival on 1st of August.
About 400,000 people come to the park to see the fireworks every year.
Also we enjoy Sakura (Cherry blossoms) in Spring there .
Finally I tell you the most famous thing in Fukuoka, it's " Yatai" which is food stalls.
You can see them in Tenjin area.
At night people push carts into the street and sell food like noodles, Japanese BBQ , alcohol drinks etc.
But people usually eat the most famous food in Fukuoka that is " Tonkotsu Ramen" .
It"s nodole with pork soup.
I show you the picture of Tonkotsu Ramen.
Fukuoka is famous for it , and it's very popular.
So nowadays a lot of Tonkotsu Ramen restaurants run in many places which is including other country .
For example, there is a Tonkotsu Ramen restaurant named "Ippudo" in New York.
It's also from Fukuoka.
Thank you for reading!!
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Fukuoka part1 !!
Today I'd like to introduce my hometown "Fukuoka "
Especially most famous places in Fukuoka city.
First you might think "Where is Fukuoka?"
You can find it on the bottom left on this map.
Fukuoka is on Kyushu island.
And there is Fukuoka city and Fukuoka prefecture. Fukuoka city is a capital of Fukuoka prefecture.
I'm from Fukuoka city so that I'm going to focus on my city this time.
The population of this city is about 1,480,000.
It's the biggest city on Kyushu island.
The average temperature for the year is about 17℃.
Now I show you the downtown of Fukuoka city ,named "Tenjin."
Please guess where here is...
Here is underground of Tenjin!!
It's "Tenjin underground mall"
People call here "Tenchika"
There are about 153 shops . People have lots of fun in this mall.
About 400,000 pedestrians walk here in a day!
It's about 15 mins from Tenjin by bus.
We can enjoy shopping,movies,musical,having meals..everything!!
We see many decorations for every holiday.
There is beautiful illumination at night.
☆http://www.canalcity.co.jp/eg/☆
This is "Hakata station." You can take Shinkansen to go everywhere in Japan from here.
It was renewed this March. Nowadays people can go around Kyushu island by Shinkansen!
In the building,there are many shops,restaurants,movie theatre ...We can have fun before our trips from here also we can come here just for shopping!!
Here is close to Tenjin. It takes about 20 mins by bus and only few mins by subway.
☆http://www.jrhakatacity.com/english/☆
This is "Fukuoka airport."
It connects with many places inculding international like China,Korea,Singapore,Vietnam,Thailand...
It takes for one hour and half toTokyo/ Shanghai,China and about one hour to Busan,Korea.
We can go to the Hakata station for 5 mins and to Tenjin for 11 mins from here by subway.
It's really convenient!!
☆http://www.fuk-ab.co.jp/english/frame_index.html☆
This is "Hakata Port International Terminal"
Trading with asian countries prospers here.
Also a lot of Japanese go to Busan,Korea by ship from here!
It's about 4 hours.
A lot of Koreans arrive here to visit Fukuoka,too!!
OMG!! I have many things to write!! I'm gonna introduce about sightseeing places next time!!
To be continued....
Thank you for reading☆
Especially most famous places in Fukuoka city.
First you might think "Where is Fukuoka?"
You can find it on the bottom left on this map.
And there is Fukuoka city and Fukuoka prefecture. Fukuoka city is a capital of Fukuoka prefecture.
I'm from Fukuoka city so that I'm going to focus on my city this time.
The population of this city is about 1,480,000.
It's the biggest city on Kyushu island.
The average temperature for the year is about 17℃.
Now I show you the downtown of Fukuoka city ,named "Tenjin."
There are many department stores.People enjoy shopping!
At night, lights come on and it's really pretty!
Please guess where here is...
Here is underground of Tenjin!!
It's "Tenjin underground mall"
People call here "Tenchika"
There are about 153 shops . People have lots of fun in this mall.
About 400,000 pedestrians walk here in a day!
This is one of the famous shopping mall , "Canal City Hakata"
It's about 15 mins from Tenjin by bus.
We can enjoy shopping,movies,musical,having meals..everything!!
We see many decorations for every holiday.
There is beautiful illumination at night.
☆http://www.canalcity.co.jp/eg/☆
This is "Hakata station." You can take Shinkansen to go everywhere in Japan from here.
It was renewed this March. Nowadays people can go around Kyushu island by Shinkansen!
In the building,there are many shops,restaurants,movie theatre ...We can have fun before our trips from here also we can come here just for shopping!!
Here is close to Tenjin. It takes about 20 mins by bus and only few mins by subway.
☆http://www.jrhakatacity.com/english/☆
It connects with many places inculding international like China,Korea,Singapore,Vietnam,Thailand...
It takes for one hour and half toTokyo/ Shanghai,China and about one hour to Busan,Korea.
We can go to the Hakata station for 5 mins and to Tenjin for 11 mins from here by subway.
It's really convenient!!
☆http://www.fuk-ab.co.jp/english/frame_index.html☆
This is "Hakata Port International Terminal"
Trading with asian countries prospers here.
Also a lot of Japanese go to Busan,Korea by ship from here!
It's about 4 hours.
A lot of Koreans arrive here to visit Fukuoka,too!!
Before you board a ship,you need to check-in!
Here is one of the check-in counters.
There are some ship companies.
OMG!! I have many things to write!! I'm gonna introduce about sightseeing places next time!!
To be continued....
Thank you for reading☆
Friday, 16 September 2011
About My Blog
Hi I'm Aya. I'd like to introduce things about Japan in my blog.
The things in my country are different from Canada.
I want to share them with you!
If you are interested in my blog or Japan, please feel free to send a comment to me.
By the way, I want to tell you about my blog's name.
Marimo is algae living in lakes. We only have Marimo in a lake named Akan lake in Hokkaido,Japan.
They are natural monument of Japan.
I share Marimo's picture with you.
Nowadays we keep them in home or desks in offices wherenever we like .
They make us relaxed. They grow slowly and slowly....
There are Marimo and shrimps in a small bottle.
The things in my country are different from Canada.
I want to share them with you!
If you are interested in my blog or Japan, please feel free to send a comment to me.
By the way, I want to tell you about my blog's name.
Marimo is algae living in lakes. We only have Marimo in a lake named Akan lake in Hokkaido,Japan.
They are natural monument of Japan.
I share Marimo's picture with you.
Nowadays we keep them in home or desks in offices wherenever we like .
They make us relaxed. They grow slowly and slowly....
There are Marimo and shrimps in a small bottle.
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