Yegenaga Travel & Tours Guide

Nothing wrong if Nara likened “one breath” with Kyoto. In terms of history, both cities closely linked. Nara was Japan’s first capital before it moved to Kyoto for nearly 1000 years. Both were only 42 kilometers distance adrift.

Incidentally, the last Friday of March was a “Shunbun-no hi” (vernal equinox day), the day where the sun crossed the equator, so long as the length of day and night. For Japanese people it is time for  and visit family graves. It is not surprising since this morning intercity train station in Tokyo was packed with people who will pass a long weekend out of town. Everyone rushed to drag her suitcase.

Trip to Kyoto by Shinkansen train quickly cleared for three hours. City Shinagawa, Mishama, Hamamatsu, Yokohama, Nagoya, passed quickly. Arriving in Kyoto, a trip to Nara was followed by regular train. The atmosphere at Kyoto Station is much more calm. A seat on the train were not all filled.

From behind the window, range of scenery flashed alternately. From the meadow, turned into a row of small houses, changed back to agricultural fields that  regularly. Colorful flowers begin to burst in the corners of the yard. Spring is arriving soon ….

Nara is the entrance to the spread of Buddhism to Japan in the sixth century. A number of temples located in this city to witness how the teaching is achieved glory and lasted until the following milennia. However, in the era of the Meiji Empire, politics entered the area of religion. The emperor’s decision emerged in 1868 that limits Buddhism. Shinto became the only belief that era officially recognized it.

Trajectories was reflected in Tōdai-ji Temple. This is a magnet city of Nara. Here there is a giant statue of Buddha that was built during the reign of Emperor Shomu (724-749). Tōdai-ji Temple is also believed to be the largest wooden building in the world, who several times had to be rebuilt because it was badly damaged by the quake, fire, and war.

The current building is only one third of its original area. Bronze statue of Buddha which has 16 meters high and weighing about 437 tons of it, loomed a solid wood-paneled room. Simple room has gone through various times, more than ten centuries.

Nara is a city park. And, the gardens of the city inhabited hundreds of deer roam freely. They are believed to be incarnations of the gods. Come to the Kasuga Shrine and look valuable storage space from the Heian Period (Ages 9-10). All the exhibits have a connection with the legend Kasuga Deity, who arrived in Nara with riding a white deer. The legend set forth in the form of valuable works of art silk paintings, wood carvings, pottery, ceramics, until the war equipment. Everything b deer.

Kasuga Shrine is also known as the temple lanterns. There are about 3,000 stone lanterns flanking the entrance to the main building. While building on the temple was filled with rows of bronze and brass lamps. Special ceremony to light a lantern held only twice a year, the beginning of February and mid-August. Can be imagined, when the dark night surrounded Kasuga covered hills, and thousands of lanterns were lit … how beautiful.

Untreated

If you have enough time, could Nara surrounded by walking or riding a bike. Taxis are also easy to find. It’s just taken a taxi route is usually the main roads. In fact, among the narrow alleyways that snaked a lot of unexpected beauty. The houses of ancient architecture, beautiful temples, small scale, and also the cafe to unwind.

Language problems are often an obstacle for foreign tourists. However, a variety of brochures in English are provided free of charge at Nara station. Here, all goods prices also have attached so no need to haggle, just pointing things. Eating in restaurants is also very easy for all kinds of food have been made replica on display in the window, complete with prices. Japan also does not have a culture tips.

Restroom cleanliness? For this one needs to learn to Indonesia. Small room in any corner of cleanliness maintained. Queue at the train station or at the bus station does not create tension (due to imagine the condition of the toilet after use lots of visitors). Each person feels obliged to consider the interests of subsequent users. Always left the toilet in a clean and tidy condition. Culture that was the envy.

In addition to his life had become, comfort was also a part of an aggressive campaign to make the Japanese Government of Japan as a “domestic tourism”. Since 2003, Prime Minister of Japan at that time, Koizumi, announced a target to double tourist arrivals to the country to 10 million per year. The target should be achieved in 2010.

“Actually we are optimistic that this target can be achieved for the year 2008 the number of foreign tourists who come have reached 8.35 million people, or 4 million people added in four years. But now a global crisis. We must continue to work hard, “said Toyohito Shinada, Chief Official, Tourism Promotion Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan.

Japan’s industrial nations have become even feel the need to continue to work hard to fix its tourism industry. What about Indonesia?

In the middle of the afternoon sun, thousands of visitors have crowded Tokyo Disney Sea Harbor Mediterranean area to witness the parade of Disney characters, musical fountain and fireworks, I finally got also a place to watch this parade, though not very strategic place. This parade lasted about 30 minutes.

So far, I always watch fireworks at night, it was fireworks during the day also no less interesting, a path of white smoke in the sky is blue and the other pulling attraction is the musical fountain with the legendary Mickey Mouse as the mascot of Disney.

In the Tokyo Disney Resort area, there are two theme park Disneyland and Disney Sea. Tokyo Disneyland this year has been 25 years of age, while Disney Sea still 7-year-old child. Currently Tokyo Disney Sea  which is the only one in the world.

DisneySea vehicle consists of seven areas of American Waterfront, Mediterranean Harbor, Port Discovery, Lost River Delta, Arabian Coast, Mermaid Lagoon, Mysterius Island.

Visitors can buy a day ticket for Disneyland or DisneySea for 5800 yen, or tickets to Disneyland and the canal DisneySea for two days for 10,000 yen, for three days and four 12,900 yen 15,000 yen for the day.

Ride at DisneySea game and usually quite pleasant surprise given at the end of the game, like the Indiana Jones Adventure – Temple of the crystal skull, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Tower of Terror, Raging Spirits and three-dimensional viewing of The Magic Lamp Theater, vehicle Sinbad’s Storybook Voyage, performances Mermaid Langoon and around Mediterranean Harbor with Venetian Gondolas.

Adventures of Indiana Jones ride was quite exciting and quite a long time about 10 minutes and this time the queue was so long, because I already have a Fastpass can be obtained by first order about 30 minutes – 1 hour earlier, in the meantime we can play better first in the vehicle that is not so crowded. Visitors invited to see the various adventures of Indiana Jones, where the winding road and then as if we pursued the same stones that big, quite exciting and tense. This vehicle is one of the favorite rides in DisneySea.

Ride Journey to the Center of the Earth, visitors invited into the mountains and explore into the earth’s core with a jeep ride, the surprise at the end of the game such as entry into a dark cave, like a sudden free fall and crash, this game unfortunately too briefly about 5 minutes and the time required to queue about 30 minutes.

Tower of Terror starts from a very old hotel, with a lobby full of old items such as telephones, cabinets, painting the mailbox to the old and dusty impressions, then we took the elevator is very high, and came into the room and all visitors to sit in a chair and had to use a seat belt, then moved up one floor of a glass, one floor up another skull appears on the screen, up one more floor suddenly opened the door, we saw the mountains on the game Journey to the Center of the Earth, after that the We sat down like slamming into a free fall, at the time we unknowingly, there is an automatic cameras photographed the reactions immediately visitors who were shouting and at the end of the game we can buy these photos as a memento.

Raging Spirits is the mini-jet coaster made of wood shades, not too high and again that’s just called it the end, the time for about 5 minutes and the queue is quite long. Many visitors posed in front of the building’s unique Raging Spirits, where the steps of the building there is water and fire.

Sinbad Storybook Voyage, much like the doll palace children at Dunia Fantasi, Ancol Jakarta, invited to a boat tour to see Sinbad adventures accompanied by music, not bad for a short break about 10 minutes and set the vehicle queue length is not.

The Magic Lamp Theater, a story about aladin, the combination of comedy show with a cartoon of three-dimensional, in Japanese, quite funny though enggak understand the language, and at the end of the show, we sit on the bench rocking several times as if there kicking our bench.

Mermaid Lagoon is performing musical performance tells the story of the Mermaid and her friends, this show about 15 minutes. All the players are in the audience as if flying is giving the impression of swimming and the Mermaid’s beautiful with a very flexible body swinging on the swing while singing a very melodious, unfortunately, visitors are not allowed to take photos and video at the time the show took place.

Souvenir-souvenir sold at DisneySea in accordance with the themes and rides around the game, near the Mermaid ride, souvenir trinkets sold Mermaid, from pencils, key chains, brooches, pins, hats to dolls and funny-funny. Some foods and beverages sold souvenirs are also bundled with the price has been calculated as a purchase, such as ice cream get a jar of honey, Winnie the Pooh’s tiny and black forest cake with a small plate-shaped ceramic Mickey Mouse face.

After the tired legs ride around and play at DisneySea, visitors can also enjoy Big City Vehicles, which is around the antique cars, which works very slow as people were walking casually.

To be able to enjoy the whole ride DisneySea, it will take about two days, but this time I am quite satisfied enough to be there from 9am to 5pm.

Mikimoto Pearl Island at about 15:15, were three women aged about 20 years were in a boat driven by a man. They wore white clothing that covers the body, from head to foot. Not long after, one by one woman’s plunge into the sea floor that has a depth of six meters.

A few minutes later they appeared on the surface of a pearl, showing they had just taken from the seabed. These pearls and they enter into a special box of bark. Activities they did several times for about 30 minutes.

That demo is shown of women in Mikimoto, Japan, on how to take the pearl. Mikimoto is the prefecture (provincial level in Indonesia)  which is located at 150 kilometers west of Nagoya.

Mikimoto Pearl Island Mikimoto is one of the largest pearl industry base in Japan, starting from raw material production processes in the sea until processing into high-value jewelry. All workmanship carried out manually. It has developed activities for over 100 years, starting early in the 1890s and continued until today.

The resulting pearls of high quality and very diverse.

Pearls from Mikimoto began worldwide since 1937. At that time entrepreneurs from the region following an exhibition held in Paris, France. First appearance was immediately struck participants that since it is also the demand continues to increase.

“Until now, Mikimoto pearls are always chased fans from all over the world. In addition to ordering through a distributor, not a few others come to the centers of production and processing in Mikimoto, “said Noboru Shibahara, Manager Mikimoto Pearl Island.

The number of visitors at Mikimoto Pearl Island ranges from 300,000 people per year. Around 30,000 people of whom came from outside Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Special holiday season, such as in August, visitors can reach 3,000 people per day. “About 70 percent of visitors would buy her pearls,” said Noboru.

Island Mikimoto Pearl Mikimoto Pearl Island in a small island covering an area of about one hectare. In particular there is built exhibition halls, museums, shops, restaurants, and the center of the pearl-making techniques show from the seabed.

In this area there are many small islands with a very clear sea. Cultivated pearls obtained from a search at the bottom of the sea, and partly the result of local farming.

To connect the island of Mikimoto pearls industrial centers with the nearest island which is downtown Toba built a pedestrian bridge is equipped with luxurious escalators. This bridge only for pedestrians.

Working on Indonesia

Decision pearls from the sea floor is women only. The reason, women assessed as having a lower fat content than men and therefore have a long breath and be able to survive longer on the sea floor in search of the best pearls.

“This is our society’s belief and proven for decades in search cultivation and pearl in the sea here,” said Yuya Iwasaki, a senior staff in government offices Province.

Mikimoto Pearl Island, he also admitted the option to use the labor of women in search of pearls can not be separated from the tradition that developed in Japan since thousands of years ago. “In the tradition of Japanese society that developed since the first women to work more dominant. This tradition is still growing in a number of activities, such as the search of pearls, “said Yuya.

As the demand for Mikimoto pearls are increasingly global, local raw material supply is not enough to meet perceived needs. So, since a dozen years ago the local industry began to import raw materials from some countries, like Australia and Thailand.

Without mentioning the amount, according to Noboru, the volume of imports tends to increase. “We need to consistently meet market demand. Thus, there is no other option for us than to import raw materials. Indonesia is one potential area of cultivated pearls want optimal, “said Noboru.

Tourists visiting the island will not be made Mikimoto saturated and bored. Not far from where it stood Toba Aquarium, a large building that 850-900 species of fish collected sea water and fresh water are rare in the world.

In-building operation since May 15, 1955 was 850-950 units built aquariums in different shapes and sizes collects to 30,000 fish. All the fish were an average age of 25 years. Mermaid, for example, has 35 years of age.

“Many Japanese people and the world only knew the name of a particular fish, but have not seen from the shape and style. Toba Aquarium offers the opportunity to see first hand the rare fish, “said Yukiyasu Nakaseko from Toba Aquarium Services Department.

Mikimoto Pearl this Island Toba Aquarium and Mikimoto Pearl always put together in a promotional package tours. Both objects were also supported a number of hotels that offer natural hot water spa and natural atmosphere of the mountains, such as Misugi Resort Hotel. Thus, many tourists enjoy the exciting atmosphere while visiting Mie region.

“Pearl Mikimoto, Toba Aquarium, and Misugi Resort Hotel and Spa is different from the owner. However, we always work together in promoting and capture the tourists. That’s why our business is always still exist, “said Noboru Shibahara.

For dinner the other day it was going to obey the tongue is no certainty immediately wanted to eat one’s important .. out of the house had been the case in which to eat later, said the idea of street. Arrive location places tease the tongue, the location is fairly large variety of restaurants, restaurant china, korea, Japan, Izakaya, asian restaurant, do not miss the family too restorant, restaurant italy .., ramen and noodle sellers and fried Takoyaki wrote stand-by use cart.

In accordance with a  name-no-shita’s: kankoku = Korean — no: particle denotative ownership — shita: can mean “down” can also mean “tongue” could reply only to distinguish his writing kanji, if for tetep same alphabet writing .. dlm this case means the tongue shita .. so kan-no-shita (Korean tongue accurately sense korea) think Koreans have a boo -

Yeah, this time set foot in Korean restaurants Korean restaurants .. but even though the cuisine is not far away so with Japanese cuisine and dishes in china .. three types were always similar and not deviate jauh2 to taste .. like 7 years ago when the road – korea there a way to eat yakiniku (grilled beef) and kim-chi (a kind of pickled chicory reply given Korean chili powder) is the food is very popular also in Japan … and that’s gyouza from China but is also popular in Japan .. so for all three meals country emang gak jauh2 was very similar … people also khan (one Japanese, Korean, china same person) is difficult to distinguish …

We just entered the door, removed our shoes sandals dikotak and save yourself .. hold the key to set foot into the room (his system one room so comfortable) so even came alone so tetep one room … when setting foot into the This leg room as if reluctant to go .. surprised at panoramic floor mats reply to translucent glass.,, the interior wall of the eye-yg adem and other accesories in great affection to pass away ..

New sitting pretty .. brought a warm towel (wipe for hands) and four small bowls of vegetable sweet wrote this as an appetizer served by the restaurant wrote for the new-come guest  .. we booked

Then we tofu salad .. variety of fresh vegetables and cut out soft white reply (known for salad) flushing spicy sweet sour sauce greasy

The next dish came Nabe blend the sauce with sesame oil and miso and Korean chili powder (not very spicy) wrote our own … and pour yourself

The next dish sprouts and saute the same reply teman2nya squid and green chiliesguaranteed gembrobyos dech ..

Cooked chicken sweet Sewiwi like rica-rica and sprinkled with chopped stems above locang (leeks) since sliced leeks over the chicken wings and I love the appearance of two faces (haha) ..

Fried chicken flour (kriuk2) chicken hmmm for me to meet him around the restaurant feels…

White rice wrote small eggplant and pickled seaweed sheets

Free drinks for children living select one, there are various kinds of juice, cold tea .. Oshin chose orange juice ..

Only once set foot into this Korean restaurant and it was not for the business sense back here again …,

Few reports of Nagoya snack, thank you for. Best regards and energetic than suika-Nagoya

Ryuga-do Cave took the time to fill the gap for 90 minutes, to visit the Ryuga-do Cave on the island of Shikoku, southern Japan. He had been pledged to me when we were there. tour, it was as high school age had visited the cave on the coast south of Yogyakarta, but was somewhat forgotten, and I was afraid to go deeper because it was cold and the natural fear of snakes or just see the bat because the atmosphere was mystical.

But visiting the Ryuga-do with a 800m high in the city of Kochi, Shikoku, the other feels, though perhaps most especially Geologist Kokiers prefer a virgin cave like a cave in the mountains Bribin Kidul Yogyakarta, than it has been embellished so easy to visit like this.

Ryuga-do-do  cave is located 24Km north east of Kochi in Kochi Prefecture. This beautiful cave formed by drops of water containing calcium or limestone rock that could have occurred since 2000 years ago, forming stalactites, columns and column stalakmit  sintering. This cave proved inhabited by the ancestors to the discovery of pottery left behind there. open to the public on excavations conducted in 1931.

Ryuga-do cave became an important historical relic protected by the government and Jp. Entering this cave is very easy, kids and grandmothers could How not? To enter in addition to the steps provided Escalator steps. Fortunately, because I am most upset if they have to climb stairs high especially if the sharp slope angle.

Walking street in a cave is also very easy to be careful though not to slip because of the wet. As a foothold available types of sheet steel and corrugated HSS installed electric lights, arranged in such a way that still shows a dark cave atmosphere and cold, the air here 18oC. Lucky we came on a weekday so not crowded visitors. Walking in the cave of course not always be straight, sometimes have to duck through a narrow gap and a low cave roof.

Ryuga-do Cave rocks, the color and shape alloys in this range and feel beautiful in its natural color, as we see in the pict above and below. Near the entrance of the cave looks like a layer of granite rock.

Establishing such a gap and the sound of water flowing cold and clear. Provide a calm atmosphere.

Picture above is a waterfall 11 feet high, called Kinen-no-Taki falls Memorial, to commemorate the start of cave excavations carried out by junior high teacher who helped his colleague on June 7, 1931, Hiroshi Yamauchi-san and Masami Matsui-san with a climbing wall this waterfall.

Deposited to form a fairly wide pool.

-No-Tamasudare Take, 4m wide wall and 6 feet tall, like a bamboo curtain that drops limestone happened until now

Tenko-Seki, two stalactites shaped like a curtain with restraints like pillars protruding from the sky, is a giant stalactite rock with a height of 11 meters and then followed by the 6-meter-wide wall, forming a harmony. It’s beautiful. Vacancies in the middle of the expected result of a large water gerojokan.

How beautiful this natural phenomenon, droplets of water with limestone to form a wall, a curtain which united with the pillar.

Drip dripping limestone over thousands of years old stalactite flowing, falling, piling up, mounting and forming stalakmit and almost united with stalactites, each chime.

Urami-no-Taki, stalactites and shaped pieces stalakmit waterfall from above and from below, united as opposed to natural law, natural phenomenon which occurs only in the cave.

Plate thin plate stalactites hanging from the roof of the cave, with natural colors colors, providing its own beauty.

Sekkaden, high coral rock wall like snowflakes that glow when exposed lamps.

Deliberately light colors are used to illuminate a stalactite and stalagmite thousands of small, mysterious rock art, Oku-no-senbon. Invites visitors to imagine the beauty of a world so fantastic.

We-no-Tsubo-God’s Um, a pitcher as tools by early humans to drink, has been coated by limestone, is a milestone that human ancestors were early humans who evolved until now.

Kekkyo-Ichi-Shitsu. Near the exit there is a cave niche wide enough, is the main hall where early humans, sat sat girl talk. It is estimated that at least 10 people could ngeriung together, not inconceivable that someday squeaked children living in modern apartments, with transportation so sophisticated, like a sliding Shinkansen speed 300Km/jam capsules, space shuttle to explore the moon.

Ryuga-do CaveKekkyo-Ni-Shitsu. This place is found in fossil wood to warm the body from cold temperatures, is only a replica of the wood burning fire that is connected to the power source.

To fell surely not necessary Escalator, a step ladder made of stone and cement pots with pots of flowers in between the steps.

We also have a different country beautiful caves which have been partly diexplore and can be visited. Japanese Cave in P. Biak, Papua, for example, where the soldiers hid himself Jp when defeated in World War II. Also, another limestone cave caves scattered throughout the archipelago, no less beautiful. Hopefully one day our country rich enough to notice the beauty of nature like this, so easy to visit. State must be recognized Gemah Ripah Jinawi Loh’s new in fairyland