Masahisa Takaki 6 days ago 1 min Kokonoe "Yume" Otsurihashi in Oita Prefecture is Japan's highest pedestrian bridge. This suspension bridge was completed in 2006. The height from the surface of the river water under the bridge is 173 meters, and 390...
Masahisa Takaki Sep 6 1 min Original "Eitai-bashi" bridge in Tokyo was built in 1698, 100 meters upstream from present site. This bridge is one of the oldest ones in Tokyo, and was originally built to celebrate the 50th birthday of the 5th shogun Tokugawa...
Masahisa Takaki Sep 1 1 min Boiled "Takaashi-gani" crab meat is a local specialty of Heta fishing port in Shizuoka Prefecture. Takaashi-gani, the world's largest arthropods, is found in the abyss along the Pacific coast of Japan, from the north of Honshu to Kyushu....
Masahisa Takaki Aug 27 1 min Mt. Fuji in midsummer. Mt. Fuji is widely known as a symbol of Japan. When you think of Mt. Fuji, the common image of it may be a beautiful conical mountain...
Masahisa Takaki Aug 19 1 min "Minami-takabashi" in Chuo-ku is the oldest steel truss bridge in Tokyo. This steel truss bridge, 63 meters long and 11 meters wide, was built in 1932. But the further information about the background of this...
Masahisa Takaki Aug 13 1 min "Kurokawa-onsen" in Oguni Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, is a notable hot spring resort in Japan. Being located in the north of Mt. Aso, one of the world's largest active volcanoes, Kurokawa hot spring resort peacefully stands on both...
Masahisa Takaki Aug 7 1 min The former Numazu Imperial Villa is opened to the public now, as a memorial park. A vast pine forest lies along a seacoast facing Suruga Bey, south of Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The important people in the...
Masahisa Takaki Aug 3 1 min Toi Gold Mine used to boast Japan's second largest amount of gold production. Toi Gold Mine, 'Toi Kinzan' in Japanese, in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, was inaugurated in the 1370s. It enjoyed the golden age early...
Masahisa Takaki Jul 29 1 min 'Numazu-gaki' is a bamboo hedge characteristic of Numazu area, Shizuoka Prefecture. At the western foot of Mt. Hakone, where is in the vicinity of Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, thin bamboos, one centimeter in...
Masahisa Takaki Jul 23 1 min 'Namako-Kabe' is one of the traditional finishing styles of the external walls in Japan. Since the 19th century, hand in hand with the spread of roof tiles in Japan, these tiles also had been used for the external walls'...
