http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/ Shizuoka Guide ja 2013-05-25T11:38:16+09:00 http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/index.php?ID=270 I visited Koyama Castle last weekend with my friend living nearby. It stands in Yoshida city and has a profound history among Takeda, Imagawa, and Tokugawa clans. Originally, around 500 years ago, it belonged to Imagawa but Takeda attacked the base away ... Satoshi Nihonyanagi 2013-01-07T15:48:56+09:00 http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/index.php?ID=269 It’s always nice to start a brandnew year by doing Hatsumode, the first visit and prayer at a temple or shrine. In my case, I walked 40 minutes to Shizuoka Sengen Shrine at midnight on New Year’s Eve. I could hear on my way the silence of the night and t... Satoshi Nihonyanagi 2013-01-04T11:12:52+09:00 http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/index.php?ID=268 Last weekend, I went for a drive wanting power of great nature. Wondering if I should proceed for mountains or the ocean, I finally concluded that spirits of nature that can recover from exhaustion of the year shall be in mountains ! Now, way to Senzu, 2... Satoshi Nihonyanagi 2012-12-26T18:17:37+09:00 http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/index.php?ID=267 The strawberry picking season has just come ! It’s generally said that there are more than 100 species of strawberries in Japan and here we have “Akihime” and “Beni-hoppe ( blushing cheek )" branded strawberries in Shizuoka. Well balanced sweetness and f... Satoshi Nihonyanagi 2012-12-18T14:59:39+09:00 http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/blog-trip/index.php?ID=265 So, finally the end of the year is approaching. I’ve been always feeling so remorseful that I couldn’t post much information about Shizuoka this year. Lots of more tourist resources here to report. Oh, and some messages. I have to apologize to those wh... Satoshi Nihonyanagi 2012-12-14T09:27:27+09:00