明治神宮 Meiji-Shrine

hello there, do you know the Meiji-shrine? It is located in Tokyo and near by the Harajuku Station. It is close to the station and it takes about 2 min. There is enshrined Meiji emperor and empress.

It was originally used as another house of Kato who was leader of Higo domain. In 1874, the house bought by the Meiji Government and used as deposit of fuel.

There are many foreigners than Japanese, they were took many photos. The atmosphere was even though in the down town, not noisy and quiet.The red leaves was pretty good and I took a lot of photo in spite of myself.


明治神宮　Meiji-Shrine
URL http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/index.html

Takaosan

Hello there. Do you know  Mt. Takao and have you ever been there? It is located in Hachioji City and the height is 599 meters. It is famous for red leaves in autumn, and many people visit there. So today, I would like to introduce the Mt.Takaosan. The way to the Mt. Takao is by JR train or Keio Line. Both ways take about 90 min.

There are several ways to the summit, from easy to hard. There are 6 ways and this time, I chose the easy way. It takes about 90 minutes to the summit which is about 3.5 kilometers. As I had expected, it was easy to go to the top thanks to the paved the road.

There are some cafés and rest areas on the way to the summit, I recommend the dumplings. I ordered the sesame dumpling, The taste was strongly of sesame, but it was not too heavy and it my favorite with dumpling. And the view from the reset area was really good.

Finally, I arrived at the summit. It was crowded with visitors, so I couldn’t rest well there. Even though I walked a long way to the summit, I was not tried so much.I will try to go another way in the spring.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19m3-qnchhTMtmowTB7po7eDibCka7Kqi/view?usp=sharing