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Satoshi Nihonyanagi

Welcome to my blog, Green Tea Club !
I'll show you all the beauties and goodies in Shizuoka through this blog.
If you have any inquiry, please feel free to post your messages on it.
Hope to see you around in Shizuoka !

Information (49)
Shizuoka (25)
Event Information (25)
Izu City (17)
Fujinomiya (16)
Hamamatsu (15)
Ito (10)
Shimoda (9)
Kawanehoncho (7)
Morimachi (6)
Numazu (6)
Atami (6)
Gotemba (6)
Fuji City (5)
Shimada (5)
Fujieda (5)
Mishima (5)
Susono (5)
Fukuroi (4)
Others (4)
Kawazu (4)
Yaizu (4)
Iwata (3)
Nishiizu (2)
Kakegawa (2)
Higashiizu Town (2)
Yoshida (2)
Izunokuni (1)
Makinohara (1)
Oyama Town (1)
Kosai City (1)

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06/12/2012 [Tue]

Fireworks in Shizuoka in July [Event Information]

It’s been quite a long time since I posted the last article. You know what I’m engaged in recently ? I work for the international education trip for students. What is it ? It’s a kind of school exchange that is to be made between a school in Shizuoka and one from abroad, mostly from Taiwan. I stand between them to arrange requests or problems from each side to create a better memories for students ! Good job, isn’t it ?＾＾ Here is one of the pictures that tells how happy they looked. If you are a teacher who has been thinking of international school exchange with Japanese students, please feel free to contact me ♪

Now, here is the information about fireworks in Shizuoka in July. I feel so sorry for myself not to be able to spare time for posting this kind of information on the website. No posting last month……awful……maybe I should reflect on my own everyday task.＾＾；

Enchanting Fireworks Displays in July, 2012

Date	Events	Cities
July
1	Hand-held fireworks for dedication of Mt. Fuji Opening	Fujinomiya
７	Fireworks of the beach's opening in Bentenjima	Hamamatsu
14	Fireworks display of the ocean festivity in Shirahama	Shimoda
15	Tagonoura Port Festival	Fuji City
21/29	Atami Marine Fireworks Display in Summer	Atami
22	Fireworks Festival in Hatsushima Island	Atami
22	Atagawa Spa Marine Fireworks Display	Higashi-izu Town
22	Kanzanji Spa Lantern Floating and Fireworks Display	Hamamatsu
22	Fuji Matsuri Festival 2012	Fuji City
24	Dogashima Fire Festival	Nishi-izu Town
27	Shizunami Salt Water Festival Fireworks Display	Makinohara
27/28	Hand-held fireworks for dedication of Suwa Shrine	Kosai City
28	The 59th Abe Kawa river Fireworks Display	Shizuoka City
28	Cooling Festival in Kakegawa（Hand-held Fireworks）	Kakegawa
30/31	Ito Onsen Spa "Yume Hanabi" dreamy fireworks	Ito City

If you have any question, please feel free to contact me by posting or e-mail. Now we are just into the rainy season in Shizuoka. Raining today, and maybe tomorrow too. Hope we could help you find better days in Shizuoka.

Good day !＾＾

“Shizuoka Guide” is our official English blog website for events & sightseeing. Always with you ! ＾＾

04/10/2012 [Tue]

Kanaya Cha Matsuri ( Green Tea Festival ) [Shimada]

Hi, everybody ! How are you doing ? Recently, I’m kind of exhausted because of new tasks and am really in need of shouting aloud, maybe in Karaoke, ne.＾＾
Anyway, now, here is the cool event information of this weekend !
Kanaya Cha Matsuri ( Green Tea Festival ) is going to be held on April 14 & 15, 2012 in Kanaya ( one of the major green tea plantation region in Shizuoka ), Shimada City. There you will see the dances of 1000 Cha Musume girls, lots of floats, and drumming parades.

You will also have new green tea service, the traditional hand picking performances or experiences, and introduction of spacialties in Kanaya. In Shizuoka, after the Sakura cherry blossom season, Green Tea season comes up. Please enjoy our special events fully in Shizuoka Prefecture !
Here is the attachment of the ad about the image of Kanaya Cha Matsuri. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact us !

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The 35th Kanaya Cha Matsuri
Date：April 14 (sat), 15 (Sun)
　　　Cha Musume Parade　１０：００～１２：３０
　　　Cha Musume Dancing　１３：１５～１４：４５
　　　Floats Parade & Kawagoshi Drumming １５：４５～２１：００
Access：Right in front of the north exit of JR Kanaya Station

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04/04/2012 [Wed]

The new fiscal year has just got started ! [Information]

We’ve just started the new fiscal year with brandnew mind and passion. And it’s very nice that I can do this blog this year too to provide tourist information to you !＾＾ Still I’m just a little bit concerned about this year’s report because I might not be able to update as frequently as ever, because I have also to care about Japanese website as well. Anyway, I’ll do my best to provide you with all possible information including gourmet and events.

Good day !＾＾

“Shizuoka Guide” is our official English blog website for events & sightseeing. Always with you ! ＾＾

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03/23/2012 [Fri]

Amagi Museum [Izu City]

Another new facility, “Amagi Museum” was opened on Jan 2, 2012 in the middle of Izu Peninsula, Amagi, Izu City. They basically exhibit Japan’s famous arts for some duration and when I visited it, they were having the exhibition of world-loved Lego block works “PIECE of PEACE” ( legoⓇ ).

The first thing you will see at the entrance hall is the Tutankhamen built with as many as 20000 pieces of Lego, and dozens of Lego artistic works welcome you in the exhibition hall. Actually, they are displaying 26 world heritages of 20 countries for now until April 8, 2012. They look so real seen from a distance but if you walk closer, you will know that they are built only with pieces of Lego. Honestly amazing !

Walking around “Mont-Saint-Michel”, “Shuri Castle”, “Eiffel Tour” and “The Tower of Pisa”, I was almost feeling like I had been touring around the world. What pleased me most was that Mt. Fuji, temporarily registered in the list of prospective world heritage, was shown in the hall. 6000 pieces of Lego. How could it be ?

Then, I found a room for build-it-by-yourself, which reminded me of my childhood. I of course sat on the chair and reached some of Lego pieces. Imagination was only what was required but no matter how much I tried to figure a shape, nothing came upon me. There, I found a pair of tire. Maybe this is it. I put another piece on it, one after another, and finished it up after 10 minutes or so. Weird. I know I have no sense of beauty or art, whatever. Anyway, the world heritages of Lego worth seeing ! I reacknowledged then the fact that we are all connected to each other. Please stop by to find your own discovery.＾＾

From April 14, a Japanese cartoonist Ebisu’s work will be exhibited in the hall. Hope you enjoy it too !

Have a good day !＾＾

Amagi Museum
Access：30 minutes by bus to “Yugashima” bus stop from Shuzenji Station of Izu-hakone Railway
Admission：￥500 for adults, ￥300 for children ( Free for pre-school children )
Open Hours：10:00 – 17:00 ( closed on Tuesdays )
※ Part of admission and sales of related goods will be donated for World Heritage Activity of National Federation of UNESCO Association in Japan

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03/22/2012 [Thu]

Asagiri Food Park [Fujinomiya]

A new commercial facility is going to get started from April 1, 2012 in Asagiri Highland, Fujinomiya city at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. “Asagiri Food Park” is a theme park ( or a small town ? ) standing right beside the Asagiri Kogen roadside station, which will offer you the opportunity to touch the real local products such as Sake, Milk, Green tea and more. I joined the preview tour the other day to show you what it’s like. See the map anyway. Overwhelming Mt. Fuji is right behind the park !

One of the stores, “Fujimasa Shuzo” sake brewery is not only where you can taste and buy local sake but where you can learn how sake is produced because the sake factory is open to the public and you can study it through the window. Sounds fun ?＾＾ They also sell some cosmetic products including sake. Especially, the hand cream was really popular among tour participants.

The green tea shop is also my recommendation because you can there taste one of the most unique ice creams as in the picture ( this is only for tasting. You can ask for regular soft ice cream for ¥300 ). See ? Green tea powder on the crème. Believe it or not, fragrant flavor of green tea goes very well with sweet ice cream ! Other tea set menu with sweets is also available. By the way, they sell 3 hundred thousand yen／1kg tea ! Amazing, isn’t it ?

Lunch menu was really something to me. Buffet style, mostly consisting of local specialties such as vegetables, Yogurton Pork ( a brand name of pork in Fujinomiya ), trout, and other stuff ! I might be too greedy then. It should look more decent like Japanese Kaiseki Cuisine but no sense of beauty. Perfect lunch though !＾＾ I, needless to say, went for another plate of meat, vegetable and rice. For big eaters like me, nothing is better than buffet anyway ♪

Other than things above, you can study sweet potato confectionery factory, milk plant and Japanese confectionery making and buy these products. Lots of authentic local gourmet of Fujinomiya can be discovered in Asagiri Food Park. Please be sure to stop by when you drive around Mt. Fuji.＾＾
Please see the website for reference.
Asagiri Food Park

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