Christ’s Grave When Jesus Christ was 21 years old, he came to Japan and pursued knowledge of divinity for 12 years. He went back to Judea at age 33, and engaged in his mission. However, at that time, people in Judea would not accept Christ’s preaching. Instead, they arrested him and tried to crucify him […]

It took me about an hour and a half to drive here from my hotel in Mutsu, which is a kind of happening place (I drank at a one of the many bars last night and had a pretty mean hangover). Once there, you park and hike down hill for about 15 minutes (hiking back […]

I came across this place on my way to Hotoke-ga-ura and it was awesome! It’s a dam and beautiful lake in the middle of the mountains. There was a nice shop and restaurant also there, in a little park, and I, of course, had some ramen 🍜. This was an unplanned blessing and thoroughly enjoyed! […]

This is a random small museum I came across while driving. It seemed interesting enough to document my visit here, being that so very few foreigners have probably never been here.

I saw this place on google maps and thought it looked pretty cool. When I got here I was taken away by how big and beautiful the park actually was! The locals here are lucky to have this here, and the mountains and the coastline as well! Japan has turned out to be so beautiful! […]

About 1200 years ago, the Japanese Buddhist priest En’nin was studying Buddhism in China. One night he had a mysterious dream. In the dream a holly monk said to him, “When you return to Japan, go eastward. You will find a sacred mountain in thirty days walk from Kyoto. Carve a statue of the bodhisattva […]

I missd the best time to go to this park, cherry blossom season, but the caged bears are always there. Poor bears have no natural surrounding in their cage.

The Seikan Tunnel links Honshu, the main island of Japan, with Hokkaidō, the northern island, by rail way. It’s length is 53.85km, the longest tunnel in the world, with the under sea section 23.3km long. The Tsugaru Kaikyo Line was completed in March of 1985, and the Seikan Tunnel, included within the line, was originally […]

Beautiful park and observatory on a small mountian top on the coast. The way was wrapped up with the usual local meal. This was a hole in the wall restaurant in Shiriki.

Beautiful scenic spot on the northwest coast line of Aomori.