Posts filed under 'Travel'
Having some miserable days due to my last employer, I have, at long last, started moving forward. I left Anchor Technology, a privately held web integration and data centre company, and I am now working as an independent contractor on my own.
While doing some part-time consulting projects for some clients, I have started writing a business plan for my own start-up. Hope I can tell you what I am planning shortly.
In early April, I was travelling around Kii Mountains, a World Heritage site in Japan. It was a great diversion, so now I’m completely OK.
May 14th, 2008
I went to my hometown this holiday. Yaotsu is a small town near my city. It was nice to vist there.
Also, I met some old friends enjoying golf and drinking. Good time always passes quickly.
April 30th, 2007
Snowing Ginzan
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It’s been a while since I last updated, I’ve been quite well, though.
I stayed Ginzan Onsen yesterday, a famous Onsen destination in Yamagata Japan. Ginzan is famous for several things. Firstly, it is one of the best places where you can enjoy Onsen in snow. It is an out-of-the-way place in the mountains, so it has heavy snow in winter. Unlike many other mountainside Onsens, Ginzan is not a ski resort. It is very quite and you can concentrate on the Onsen. Secondly, Oshin, a famous Japanese TV drama, was set around there. Oshin is undoubtedly the most popular Japanese TV series both in and outside Japan in history. (FYI: Oshin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Thirdly, there is an Onsen inn run by a California-born Okami, landlady. (FYI: Ginzan Hot Spring Fujiya inn) This inn, however, is extremely expensive, so I stayed another inn this time.
I was touched by heart-warming services. When I left the inn, a hotel staff waved her hand until our bus passed out of view. If you are fed up with tourist destination Onsens, I recommend you to visit Ginzan.
By the way, dinner at the inn was fantastic. That’s the highlight of the Onsen trip, isn’t it?
Dinner at Nagasawa Heihachi
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February 12th, 2007
I visited Takayama, a hill town in Gifu, Japan, on New Year’s day. Actually I’d been born nearby but I hadn’t been there for some reason. You know, local people hesitate to sightsee in their hometown.
There was snow in the city, making it a picture-perfect winter scene of Japan’s countryside. I would say this is what beauty stands for.
Anyway, I’ve spent an ideal short vacation in my hometown and I’m now ready to start working. (You can have a relatively long off around New Year’s day in Japan.)
More photos of Takayama
[FYI]
Takayama, Gifu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 3rd, 2007
I have just come back from an Onsen (hot spring) trip with MBA friends. It was fantastic to share nice time with the close friends. We had autumn leaves on the first day and snow on the second day. We were lucky to have two seasons within just one night trip.
More photos are here.
FYI: the hotel we stayed
http://www.manzatei.com/
November 12th, 2006
