Visited New York for the first time since 6 years ago. The main purpose of the visit this time was to enjoy two concerts at the Carnegie Hall Main Hall. NY becomes more prettier than before! Continue reading “Autumn in New York,” 2018
Visited Finaland and the three Baltic Countries in September. The most impressive city was Riga in Latvia. Riga and Tallinn Vilnius Helsinki Chiune Sugihara Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania More Info about Chiune Sugihara Click here Continue reading Trip to Helsinki and the Baltic Countries
If you visit Okinawa, you cannot help thinking about the issue of the Second World War and following peace issues. In Okinawa, there are a number of guided tour courses explaining the war and war memorial sites. Until the outbreak of the World War II, Okinawa was a peaceful island, without even Japanese military bases. With the stationing of the Japanese Army in 1944, Okinawa became the only place in Japan where a ground battle was fought (except comparatively smaller locations like the island of Iwojima), involving numerous ordinary people. The intense “battle of Okinawa” took 80 days and ended March 1945 … Continue reading Okinawa, the place of “war and peace”
Ikego Forest is located in Zushi City, about 60 km south of Tokyo. It is one of the few tracts of forestland remaining inside the densely congested Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Before the end of the WW2, most of the forest land was used as Japanese Navy’s ammunition depot. After the war it has been used by the U.S. Navy as an underground ammunition depot for nearly 70 years. Public access to Ikego Forest has been prohibited, Ironically, this is why the natural environment has been well reserved. Because of the changing political and geographical environment, a large part of the forest … Continue reading Ikego Forest in May
It seems that not every Chinese person celebrate the Spring Festival, the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together. I have learned from a Japanese newspaper about people who were not happy to come back to their home towns, as they were not prepared well being bombarded with questions about their personal matters from their relatives. In China, in a popular mini blog “Sina Weibo,” “Spring Festival Torture” became a hot topic. Why would the spring festival become a torturous event? It is because when you come back to your home town, … Continue reading Does China’s “Spring Festival” become a torture?
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