Driving for a long hours could be stressful, but there are many so called Parking Areas on Japanese Expressways where you could relax for a coffee or have some light meal. To be honest, it wasn’t really a place to eat but that’s changing these days and the new facilities are serving better food…
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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Walking tour of Yanaka and Nezu district of Tokyo — Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Actually this wasn’t an ordinary walk. There are many shrines and temples in Yanaka and Nezu district, and among them, there are seven shrines/temples that worship the Shichifukujin or Seven Gods of Good Fortune. Namely, Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Jurojin, and Hotei. Visiting each of these seven shrines/temples with its particular god are called…