Masahisa Takaki a day ago 1 min "Hozugawa-kudari" in Kyoto is Japan's oldest boat tour. Hozugawa-kudari means the boat tour on the Hozu, from Kameoka City to Arashiyama, Kyoto City, covering 16 kilometers. The boat runs...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 29 1 min Several old houses with a thatched roof stand in Hamakanaya-machi in Saga Prefecture. Hamakanaya-machi quarter, located in the west of Saga Prefecture, is a part of Hizen Hamajuku, a former post town of the Nagasaki Highway....
Masahisa Takaki Apr 25 1 min "Hizen-Hamajuku Sakagura-dori" in Saga Prefecture still retains the dear old townscape of Japan. This nostalgic town in the picture was flourished in the Edo period, from the 17th to 19th century, as a post town of the Nagasaki...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 22 1 min The gate and old public bath of Takeo Onsen are designated as important cultural assets. Takeo-Onsen hot springs, which appeared in an old local history in the 8th century compiled by the then Government, has long been loved...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 19 1 min "Yutoku-Inari" Shinto Shrine in Saga Prefecture is one of top 3 "Inari" shrines in Japan. Inari shrine, which is a guardian deity of agriculture, commerce and industry, is about 32,000 in Japan. Yutoku-Inari is said to be one...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 15 1 min "Okochi-sanso" in Arashiyama, Kyoto, originally was a private villa of a former movie star. Okochi Denjiro, who was a very well-known actor in the samurai film before the second World War, poured most earnings as an actor into...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 13 1 min "Kujukushima" in Nagasaki Prefecture is a group of small islands dotted along by a rias coast. Kujukushima, literally meaning 99 islands, actually counts 208. Most islands are deserted, and just four of them are inhabited. As...
Masahisa Takaki Apr 4 1 min "Yanaka-Ginza" with "Yuyake-dandan" in Taito-ku, Tokyo. "Ginza" in Tokyo is widely known as Japan's No.1 shopping district in terms of status. Thus there are so many shopping districts in Japan...
Masahisa Takaki Mar 30 1 min "Hantei" restaurant in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, is designated as a tangible cultural property. The old three-storied wooden building in the picture, built in 1912, survived the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 and the repeated air...
Masahisa Takaki Mar 23 1 min "Suminokura Ryoi", a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, is called the father of water transport. Suminokura Ryoi piled up vast wealth from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century mainly by the trade with...
