Christmas day special Tokyo Tower illumination.

Like I mentioned yesterday, I went to "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" over the weekend and there were a ton of restaurants.

The one that I chose to eat at was a tough choice, but I ultimately settled on "Do Miso Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" (ど・みそ 東京ポートシティ竹芝店), but there was also an Okinawan-themed restaurant right next to it called "Okinawa Bar Kafu" (沖縄酒場 かふー) that looked really nice as well, and smelled good.

Either way from across the isle I got to eat some delicious ramen while listening to the Okinawan music which was really relaxing and created a nice atmosphere.

I'm not sure what the ramen I got was called it was just the normal miso ramen from my understanding and I believe it cost ¥1100.
There's another one that looks similar, has a similar name, and costs ¥1200 but that's a white miso ramen and not the one that I got.
Either way, I'm sure it tastes good as well, because my ramen tasted great!
I really liked that the restaurant had metal cups as well, it gives the water a different flavor and always makes it feel more refreshing too (in my opinion at least).

One thing I forgot to mention about the building; if you open up their website, another futuristic feature you'll find is that the building actually shows the number of people in the building at any one time and also shows that percentage of male and female visitors. I thought this was really amazing.
I'm not sure how it's done, but they must have censors located at the doors or in other places around the building that can analyze body structure or something similar. Either way it's a cool place!

日本の冬 立石

New Year's Holidays
Our school will be closed from December 29th to January 3rd. Thank you all for your support this year. Have a Happy New Year.

年末年始のご案内
12月29日～1月3日は休校とさせていただきます。皆様、本年は大変お世話になりました。良いお年をお迎えください.

高山から眺め富士山
朝の日浴びる富士山
美しい絶景ですね
長野県にて

【冬の訪れ】

福島を代表する山の一つである磐梯朝日国立公園の吾妻小富士。毎年この時期になると山頂が白色に染まり、眼下に広がる福島市に「冬の訪れ」を知らせてくれます！
私の大好きな地元の風景です！

一気に雪景色になった北信州の朝。サラサラの雪で遊ぶところを素人なりに撮ってみましたが、腕もイマイチ、バックの景色と粉雪が被ってしまいました。雰囲気が伝われば幸いです。

グルグル星群と双子座流星群と逆さ富士山綺麗撮られた
やっぱり冬の真っ白富士山一番綺麗ですね
山梨県山中湖村にて

Went to Takeshiba over the weekend and visited "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba"

I was in the area for other reasons, but just happened to stop by because the building looked interesting. Turns out I was right!

The inside of the building had a bunch of really nice shops and was showing a futuristic VR robot being used to stock shelves in a convenience store. I didn't stick around to read everything that was being shown on the screen but this photo seems to be saying how they've created a VR system where users won't feel VR sickness, which I'd actually not heard about before, but it seems to happen after long periods of VR use and is similar to motion sickness I guess.

The other photo looks like a simple picture of a sink but it actually has another really cool futuristic feature.

The little slot on the right can actually disinfect your phone using UV.
I couldn't take a photo of the actual process since I only had one phone but I tried it out and it was really neat.
You just remove your case or anything else you have attached to your phone and pop it in and wash your hands.
Takes like 30 seconds, about how long it should take to wash your hands, so it's a really convenient feature.

Cool place though, I definitely recommend paying it a visit!

日本の冬

「日本の冬」

「日本の冬」

日本の冬

【サンタさんに届け！】

福島県川俣町の道の駅にあるイルミネーションの風景です！！
川俣町特産のアンスリウムが飾られたクリスマスツリーがライトアップされています！
ちびっ子が「うちにもサンタさん、来るかなー！」とお母さんと話していて、癒やされました！

東海道新幹線 米原駅にて撮影。
強い寒波が日本列島を襲い、滋賀県北部でも大雪になりました。
在来線は大きな遅れが出始める中、新幹線は20分程の遅れで走り抜けていきました。

The beautiful winter illumination in Tokyo Station.

宮城県松島にある寺院で撮影しました。
雪の中、参拝する姿に日本を感じていただけると幸いです。

Went to Ootoya again and ordered something new.

The dish used to come with meatballs if I remember correctly but it seems they changed it to fried chicken.
Goes much better with the meal in my opinion and the grated radish over the top of it was a nice touch.

I also really liked the pumpkin croquettes, I'm used to just normal croquette's (I'm not even sure what they're filled with), but this was a nice change of pace and was kind of refreshing, probably because it felt very healthy lol.

As always all of the side items tasted great and it was all only ¥740, so pretty much a steal if you ask me

埼玉県川越の風景です。
ここの街並みは好きでよくいきます。
最近は観光客も増えて混んでる時が多いですがとてもすきな街です。

トーベ・ヤンソンあけぼの子どもの森公園という公園です。駐車場も無料公園も無料です。1年に一度ライトアップいたします。
今はしてませんが普通に昼間もムーミンの公園でインスタ映えいたします。

茨城県にある神磯の鳥居です。ここの朝日はありがたいので是非行ってみて下さい。とても綺麗です。

東京駅でわりと行ってない人が多いのが国際フォーラムやKITTEこれわりと知らない人が多いです。都内に在住の方は是非行ってみてください。綺麗ですよ！

撮影場所は下田市 龍宮窟です。

恋人スポットとして、ハートの形が見えるスポットとして、有名な場所ですが、
海の色と太陽が重なった時の色もきれいで
撮りました。

冬の始まり

Went to a place in Nihonbashi called Hakata Dojo (博多道場) and had a really nice lunch. It's like an izakaya but it had a really nice lunchtime atmosphere as well.

I ordered the 日替わり肉ランチ which cost about ¥1000 but it tasted great. I really liked the moyashi that came with the beef plate, lots of flavor and the moyashi were really juicy as well so that was nice.

It was a really nice place overall, I'd like to go back and see what it's like at night, maybe they have some special courses or something as well. I really liked the lanterns though, I think that's probably what contributed most to the place having a nice atmosphere. That and it wasn't exceptionally loud like some izakaya I've been to.
Also the interior was decorated quite nicely as well, besides the lanterns.

庭のウメモドキに霜が沢山付き、いよいよ冬本番の北信州です。

六本木散歩

Went to Hachioji over the weekend and had a blast exploring the area. We were able to check out the Musashi Imperial Mausoleum (Emperor Taisho and Emperor Showa's Burial Sites), eat some amazing food at a restaurant called "Gonsuke" (ごん助) and a bunch of other stuff.

The Musashi Imperial Mausoleum was really amazing, it reminded me a lot of Meiji Jingu Shrine with the wide gravel paths through the forest, although I have a feeling this forest is natural and not man-made.
Also the burial mounds seemed really traditional and reminded me of the burial mounds from the Kofun Period.

The restaurant Gonsuke was so incredible.
They had all sorts of different course menus and it was my first time trying boar meat too lol.
I haven't had game meat in a long time so it was really cool getting to try it again and cook it over an irori (I think it's an irori) with actual coals. Can't wait to go back and explore the area again more.

I'd love to hike up Mt. Takao and see everything else the area has to offer. Beautiful city

忍野八海に初めて行ってきました。関東からもアクセスはしやすいですし特に施設に入るようなことも無くほとんど外で一回りして丁度良い感じの観光地です。

六本木けやき坂のイルミネーションです。
夜の散歩がとてもいい感じでしたよ。
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