

TAKOYAKI IN "KONAMONYA HACHI"
Kansai area includes the prefectures of Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama and Nara. Food is very important in Japan and Japanese people enjoy trying...


FESTIVAL OF THE STARS IN NARA PALACE
The Tempyo Tanabata Matsuri is held every year in diferent places of Nara. This is the Festival of Stars, based on an old Japanese...


SARUSAWA-IKE POUND
Of the several ponds located in Nara Park, all of them worthy of a visit, Sarusawa-Ike Pound is the most popular due to its location at...


UNEME FESTIVAL
The Uneme Festival takes place in Sarusawa Ike Pond in Octorber, in mid-autumn's full moon night. The sanctuary Uneme Jinja was built to...


FLOATING PAVILION AT SAGI-IKE POND
In the southern part of Nara Park, the beautiful Sagi-Ike Pond is hidden in a few meters behind by the grove path leading to the Kasuga...


TEMPURA OVER RICE IN TENKI
This time we will put aside alcoholic beverages to approach to Tenki, a restaurant less than a minute from our hostel. Again, its orange...


CHERRY BLOSSOM IN SAHO RIVER
As I said in an article last year, in the Japanese spring everything turns pink, that is, "sakura" colour. To remember the concept in one...


CANDLES AT THE GANGOJI TEMPLE FESTIVAL
Gangoji is the main temple of Naramachi (Ancient City of Nara) and one of the most important of Nara. The Asuka-dera Temple, in the small...


FUTSAL OVER THE MALL
I wrote a post about these futsal games Kosuke and I played in the magnificent facilities of Mizuno Futsal Park located on the roof of...