BORO ICHI a kind of flea market

My home town, Setagaya, gets crowded with many people coming from other places twice a year. Because we have BORO ICHI that is a kind of flea market. BORO means tatters and ICHI does market. Its history ascends to 14th century, in other word it has been held for more than 400 years. Some people dealt tatters with people who needed to make their shoes reforced in Edo era. Their ones called Waraji were made of straw. Now more than 750 shops taking part in BORO ICHI handle in a variety of goods such as food,used clothing,antique(from image of buddha to barbie dolls),wooden houses for god,flowers,vegetables,drums,equipment to make mochi(rice balls) and so on. I walk around and got small rabbit made of glass.I enjoyed walking and watching people at BORO ICHI.

A cloud looking like a dragon

I visited Hakone this week again. I saw a cloud looking like a dragon!

Beautiful Sunday

It was completely sunny and clear today. I went to the organic restaurant “Keke” near Komazawa Olympic park. I like “Keke” because of its food served buffet style. It reminds me of grandma’s dishes used a lot of vegetables.


I danced at a parking.hahaha



A small portion and many kinds of food are perfect for me!





I usually have "Ochazuke",putting salty salmon and squid on a rice, pouring broth in this case. There are many variations in "Ochazuke".

Ginza, a town where I work, is gorgeous.

I went to Ginza where I used to work, which is well known for numerous clubs, the places that men go to drink and chat with beautfiful women. I saw a woman dressed in Japanese traditional wear called Kimono.I like this place because I can see old and beautiful things like that.Comparing to other places like Shibuya or Shinjuku,Ginza is more comfotable to visit and play.

I went to take Japanese traditional massage at Hamamatsutyo near Ginza.
How good it was!!!
I have been a massage loving person.Once good reputation hit me,I run to get the massage as soon as I can!

I am in trouble.

I did something wrong with the HTML of my blog...! The layout is broken.
As I cannot restore it to what it was,I asked my ex-husband who is so strong in this genre to rescue me. He did and I understood what to do but I didnot do it.
Anyway I decide to do it gradually.

I have had a cold for one week.

I chose visiting Korea in this Chiristmas!!!!!!!!
I love Korean food,massage and Korean medical bath. It must be a lot of fun!

Playing Golf in Hakone

I visited at Hakone last weekend which is a place a lot of people have loved for long time because of her history and location. Hakone has high and steep mountains with dynamic landscapes and is located on the foot of Mt.Fuji. She is famous as one of the hardest and important point to pass on the big road connected Kyoto and Tokyo.Besides she has many hot springs effective for any diseases and aging. The reason why many tourists go there is the convenience to accesses. It takes just one hour half to get there from the center of Tokyo by train.

snow of Mt.Fuji

footprints of a rabbit in a bunker

My ex-coworkers and I played golf for two days.It was a competition which have continued for 47times among women in previous company which I worked for. We went to Mt.Fuji golf course on the first day. My score was 121! Oh my god! It was the worst one this year. But I could enjoy seeing fall colors.

She used to be one of my bosses.Now she is a president of a publishing company.

Cherry blossam in spring, red and yellow leaves in fall
These are our favorites.

Sashimi on board is popular in a party in Japan.A sea food pot also is loved by Japanese especially in winter.

Next day we went to Lake Ashi side golf course. My score is 103! It was the best one this year. The colored leaves were so beautiful that I almost forgot playing golf. When I took a picture of a tree, wind suddenly blew its leaves as if they talked to me and said “Thank you!”. I felt so happy there.

I wanted just to see the blue sky lying on the fareway.

Winter is coming in Tokyo.

We had the first snow of this season in some prefectures faced on the Sea of Japan. However it was clear and sunny day on the Pacific Ocean. We are standing at the gate of winter.



I know that Tokyo does not look a beautiful city like Paris. People have built everything disorderly, without any plan, concept and vision after she was destroyed by the fire at WWⅡ.

I went up to the roof top of a building near my house( ten minute by bicycle). I could see Mt.Fuji and skyscrapers at Shinjuku. Whenever I am at a tall building, I cannot help worrying about earthquake. As you know Japan is the NO1 country which has been hit by big earthquakes. I have experienced more than one hundred of earthquakes since I was born.

Looking on a street, you can find a lot of bicycles on which mothers put their kids. This is a typical scene which we can see in a residential area.

The public trasport in Tokyo is amazingly developed like capillaries. We have 36 semiofficial trains, 12 private trains, 12 subways, more than 1000 buses. Though I have not imagine how many bicycles there are in Tokyo, I guess about 2 million. It is 25% of population of this city.

It was a silhouette of Mt.Fuji in beautiful sunset.