For so many years I don’t go home and celebrate my dad’s birthday finally I get to go home and celebrate it with the whole family. Seize the moment; it will take a long time before I go home again.
Complete Family Pictures
It’s been a while I was always missing in the pictures now, this is the time.
Swimming Time in the morning
No sun but till I put layers of sunblock
New Philippine Money Bill
Packing Time
Before we leave they have to check all the rooms if something lost
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This is the great thing about going back to your roots, it was a cheap salon. This took 4hrs. in the salon, the customer comes and goes but it is worth it. This took me 1 day for the Salon.
Jollibee No.1 Fast Food Chain in the Philippines
But, of course, on your trip to the Philippines if you’re going to miss the number one fast food chain in the Philippines “Jollibee”, only in the Philippines that beat Mc Donalds.
High School Friends
Chinese Food
Business Woman one of my friend
Halo-Halo and Puto Special
Halo-halo is one of my favorite summertime desserts. From the Philippines—the name means “mix-mix” in Tagalog—the refreshing dish layers shaved ice and condensed milk on top of all sorts of ingredients for an end result that packs in lots of contrasting textures, from chewy to crunchy, creamy to sticky. While components vary, you’ll find some common add-ins at most halo-halo carts and bars: jellies, flan, macapuno, palm seeds, sweetened red beans, shaved ice, ube ice cream, fresh fruit, toasted coconut flakes, pinipig. My version uses mango jelly with fresh fruit set into it as well as pandan-infused sweetened condensed milk.
Puto is a Filipino steamed rice cake, traditionally made from slightly fermented rice dough (galapong). It is eaten as is or as an accompaniment to a number of savoury dishes (most notably, dinuguan). Puto is also an umbrella term for various kinds of indigenous steamed cakes, including those made without rice. It is a sub-type of kakanin (rice cakes)
One of my friends’ house
Tricycle
I just experience again riding this bike with the passenger on the side.
Motorized tricycles, or simply tricycles (Filipino: traysikel; Cebuano: traysikol), are a type of motorized vehicle from the Philippines consisting of a motorcycle attached to a passenger cab. Along with the jeepney, it is one of the most common means of public or private transportation in the Philippines, especially in rural areas. These public utility vehicles either ply a set route or are for hire, like taxis.
Tricycles are built in a variety of styles, which differ from city to city, and are usually made locally by building a sidecar and affixing it to an imported motorcycle. Usually, both the cycle and sidecar are covered, but not always by the same roof. Larger companies, such as Fitcor Marketing, also manufacture passenger tricycles. They are built with more seats with the motor situated at the back, rather than below the driver as per a motorcycle.
Tricycles are often confused with the similar tuktuks and auto rickshaws of neighboring countries. But tricycles evolved independently from motorcycles with sidecars during World War 2, and are not derived from rickshaws. Tricycles also attach the passenger cab to the side of the motorcycle, in contrast to tuktuks where it is attached behind the motorcycle. The motorela, a regional variant of the tricycle with a centered passenger cab enclosing the motorcycle, is the most visually similar to a tuktuk, but differs in that it has four wheels, not three. The passengers of a motorela also sit sideways, rather than facing forward.
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Oshino Hakkai (忍野八海) is a touristy set of eight ponds in Oshino, a small village in the Fuji Five Lake region, located between Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Yamanakako on the site of a former sixth lake that dried out several hundred years ago. The eight ponds are fed by snow melt from the slopes of nearby Mount Fuji that filters down the mountain through porous layers of lava for over 80 years, resulting in very clear spring water that is revered by the locals.
visitors can drink the cool water straight from the source. The ponds are quite deep and have interesting freshwater plant life and large fish. Although the ponds have been developed into tourist attractions and can become quite crowded with visitors, they have a pleasant atmosphere as long as you do not expect untouched nature.
World Heritage
You will find many restaurants, souvenir shops, and food vendors around the ponds which sell vegetables, sweets, pickles, crafts, and other local products. Some operate small outdoor grills to attract shoppers with the alluring smells of roasted sweet potato and toasted rice crackers (osenbei).
A small open-air museum, the Hannoki Bayashi Shiryokan, surrounds Oshino Hakkai’s largest pond and costs a small admission fee. It contains a traditional thatched roof farmhouse that can be viewed inside and displays various farming tools, household items, samurai armor, and weapons.
the sun is up but still a bit cold
these two kids enjoying the food
at this amazing lake we’ve seen
the perfect cap of Mt. Fuji
Crunchy Cheese Hotdog
Lovely kids
Eat lunch in Forest Mall
before we leave the house we do stretching
camping!!!
A picture with our friends
another picture
BBQ time
Let’s Eat
yummy! cholesterol
Healthy Veggie
All full, time for worship
Listen
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Finally, we got a chance to spend our Golden Week (2022) in Yamanashi, Japan. What a nice view of Mt. Fuji in this area perfect!
We had our lunch at Forest Mall, Yamanashi, Japan and have a picture with Mt. Fuji in our background. The Ramen soup was made of shrimp it was very tasty and delicious and also affordable.
On our way, in our rest house in Yamanashi also an exclusive village.
all wintered
another day to clean up because of the dried leaves, winter is almost done!
The next day, friends came to spend Golden Week with us. Camping in the backyard.
preparing for tonight…
we have time to walk in the village
this is a nice view… Nature
this is our breakfast
let’s eat!
almost done!
Bonfire
same came late and they all cold, heater inside the house
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It’s the first time my kids try this, my daughter wanted to go inside, for her curiosity’s sake.
“TONDEMI” is a next-generation athletic facility where you can easily experience the attractions gathered from all over the world. Anyone from adults to children can enjoy different areas such as “Trampoline Area”, “Climbing Wall Area” and “Rope Walk Area”.
Our venue is composed of “Tondemi Sports entertainment Area” and “Kids Area”. All guests from young to adults can enjoy together.
Tondemi Sports Entertainment Area
Trampoline Area
Rope Walk Area
Climing Wall Area
Air Run Area
Quick Action Arena Area
Sports Attraction Area
Kids Area
Kids Area
Includes the price in the entrance
All participants who purchase the “Tondemi Basic Pass” need the registration. You will receive the “Tondemi Original Sox” after the registraion.
* Plase wear this sox when you are playing at Tondemi Area. There are some grips on the surface so you can jump as high as you want!
About your entrance time
Tondemi Yokohama lets our guests enter every 30 minutes.
About Clothes
There is the changing room and the lockers in the facility.
We also offer free rental shoes, but we prefer you to bring shoes you are comfortable with.
They have to warm up first before entering the facilities.
Their first entry was the Air Run Area
A new sensation inflatable obstacle course that everyone can enjoy safely. The Air Run introduced at the Tondemi Heiwajima for the first time has been a very popular activity where you can easily compete with your friends, children, or parents.
This time, the Air Run installed in Tondemi Yokosuka is the “Reverse Version” that has further evolved the exciting competition. The player starts the race by pressing the button at the entrance. The player has to run to the other end press the button and come back to the entrance again. Due to the fact that there is a turnaround, there are different obstacles for going and returning even on the same course, so you can enjoy one course twice as much on the way back and forth. You can enjoy competing the time with your friends, children or parents.
The course is 54 meters long and many obstacles in the course are made of an inflatable. The Player has to go through obstacles by climbing, passing through, jumping over, and pushing down.
Climbing Wall Area
A climbing wall area where both adults and children can enjoy. The height of the wall is 6m. We have 8 types of walls and 11 courses with different levels of difficulty that children can enjoy climbing easily. participants can attach ropes with speed reducers to enjoy climbing safely. Climbing walls from “Clip’n Climb” are installed. There are various types of walls, including one called “Ascender” which was first installed in Japan.
In addition, the original wall has been set up for children to learn how to climb naturally. The original route was designed under the supervision of IFSC * Official International Route Setter. Children will learn the climbing skills naturally while having fun. The climbing wall area also has a glass ceiling and wall on the seaside, and players who reach the top of the wall can see the view of Yokosuka Bay.
they are ready
Rope Walk Area
Tondemi has improved the Rope Course to make it even easier. You can experience it without wearing a safety harness. Even small children can enjoy the excitement at high altitudes. It is an evolution of the Rope course specially developed at Tondemi Yokosuka.
On the Rope Walk, you can experience 14 kinds of activities with different levels of difficulty. The net is stretched around a height of about 4.6 m and a total length of 70 meters. There is also a net trampoline of 4.5m and you can fully enjoy the thrills. From the top of the course, you can see other participants playing in the trampoline area below, and you can see the Yokosuka main port when you go up to the front glass side. This activity is surrounded by a net, so it is safe and fun to challenge without a harness. Since you don’t wear a harness, you can move more freely.
In addition, it is illuminated in various colors at night. You can enjoy the Rope Walk with a different look from the daytime.
Sports Attraction Area
This is an area with many sports-themed activities that both adults and children can enjoy together. Sports such as “soccer”, “basketball”, “dodgeball”, and “bowling” are redesigned with new rules. Many digital sports attractions can be played here too!
Also, You can enjoy our latest digital contents of “Chekkori Tamaire” and “Odama Okuri”. Those two activities are newly developed with the idea that came up with the activities played in “sports festival day” in elementary school in Japan. You can play these activities only here in Tondemi Yokosuka.
In addition, you can enjoy “Sisy Fox”, the ball rolling activity. This is the first permanent installation in Japan.
“SiSy Fox” is a game with a new sensation in which a player uses a large spherical control device in front of the screen to roll a large rock or ball of the player to reach the goal. Players can actually rotate the spherical control device to move the on-screen character. Both small children and adults can play the game.
Quick Action Arena Area
This is a new activity developed for Tondemi Yokosuka. The concept is “Quick Press Athletic”. The “Quick Action Arena”, which is an evolution of athletics, has a total of 6 stages, and many buttons are installed in each stage.
Players compete in time for which player can press more buttons. The player presses the button while going through many obstacles such as ball pool, large ball, net, etc that differ for each stage. In the 5th stage, a Max of 4 people can participate together and compete in a 6m high athletic. At the end of the 6th stage, a long slider will await you. This Activity is designed to compete with your friends, children, and parents.
Stage1：”Touch the Button” press the buttons set everywhere on the wall.
Stage2：”Quick Spider” climb the net to press the buttons.
Stage3：”Ball Pool Search” buttons are hidden in the ball pool.
Stage4：”Giant Ball” remove the gigantic ball to find the button.
Stage5：”Quick Action Castle” go through the athletic and find the buttons.
Stage6：”Touch the Button” climb to the top of “water fall” of the ball and touch all buttons.
Kids and parents really enjoy this kind of area. If you can’t do with your kids, you can still go inside and take pictures or videos with your kids. Just like we did, my husband cannot do this because of his heart condition. He just shops at the home center while I’m with the kids watching them.
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Hatsuhinode means the first sunrise of the year in Japan. It is a happy event for the Japanese because Toshigami who is a god of the New Year comes with it. People pray huge harvest and perfect health over the year in the past. Nowadays, they pray not only harvest and health but also various wishes.
Goraiko means also seeing a sunrise for getting the benefit, but it is different from Hatsuhinode in climbing a mountain or not. It means seeing the sunrise on a high mountain and is used not only as the first sunrise of the year. It is said that the higher a mountain is, the more benefit is gotten. Therefore, it is the happiest sunrise that to see the first sunrise of the year on a high mountain.
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However, to see that sunrise is difficult because of climbing winter mountains in the middle of the night. Mt. Fuji which is the highest mountain in Japan allows only professional climbers(alpinists) to climb it in winter. Because its path and mountain huts are closed in winter, so climbers cannot supply food and take refuge from bad weather. The temperature of Mt. Fuji in winter is minus 35 degrees Celsius(minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit), the wind is blowing at 20meters per second.
We have time to visit our rest house in Yamanashi.
Our resthouse but we didn’t go inside just the backyard only.
we visited also the Michi no Eki in Narusawa, Yamanashi which great view of Mt. Fuji.
stay safe everyone…
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On our last day in the snowy land of Nikko, Tochigi, we will be back this coming event of Kamakura events that’s will be held from January 29 to February 28, 2022, hoping our schedule will be clear.
our last breakfast
our Hotel Entrance
scraping the snow and ice
Our plan was supposedly picking a strawberry, but we need to have a reservation before going to pick strawberry. So, we just bought strawberries from their farm and flowers & plants.
This is our 2nd time visiting this place. But, this time we didn’t go up I mean inside but we visited the museum and near the temple.
The most noteworthy of Nikko’s religious buildings is Toshogu, where Tokugawa Ieyasu was enshrined after his death in 1616. Twenty years later, Ieyasu’s grandson (Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun) constructed an elaborate complex around Ieyasu’s mausoleum. Its 55 buildings include eight National Treasures, notably Yomeimon, a lavish gate covered with complex wood carvings, bright paintings, and gold leaf. While exploring the site, lookout for a few of the quirkier carvings—a sleeping cat, angry-looking clawed elephants (the artist had never seen one), and the famous three monkeys in “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” poses. Just outside the complex is the modern Nikko Toshogu Museum, where you can learn more about the first shogun.
The bridge that we pass going to the downtown
Ticket for the Museum
We go inside the museum (Nikko Toshogu Museum), photography is strictly prohibited. The museum has approximately 2000 arts and crafts objects that are organized in different categories, including items from the daily life of Tokugawa Ieyasu as well as complete collections of weapons and combat equipment from the Tokugawa shogunate. The items are carefully preserved at the Kunozan Toshogu Museum and divided into eight different categories: Tokugawa Ieyasu’s favorite items, Swords, Armour, Clothing, Personal effects and accessories, Paintings, Writings and Historic Documents, Others.
The items that can be seen at the museum include:
Various items of religious importance from the Edo period (1603-1867), donated to Kunozan Toshogu
Items donated by the Tokugawa Shogunate and its retainers during the Meiji Restoration (1868)
Items collected after the establishment of the museum
The museum has approximately 2000 arts and crafts objects that are organized into different categories.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu’s favorite personal items, The items that Tokugawa Ieyasu used in his everyday life in Sumpu form the collection ‘Tokugawa Ieyasu’s personal things, which have been designated collectively as an important cultural property of historical significance.
Swords, In addition to Tokugawa Ieyasu’s own sword, the sword collection at Kunozan Toshogu includes 40 swords owned by successive shoguns.
Armour, There are a total of 63 suits of armor, from the leaf-shaped Shidagusoku armor worn by Tokugawa Ieyasu, to armor worn by the 15th and last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Clothing, The collection at Kunozan Toshogu includes sacred clothing, as well as armour used by military personnel after the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Personal effects/ Accessories, Kunozan Toshogu has a significant collection of soldiers’ helmets and other types of headgear worn by court nobles as well as other items used in a military camp. The museum has bows and arrows, a military leader’s fan, and an Umajirushi which was used to show where a leader was. One of the most well-known items is the Kinsenumajirushi, the golden fan which was the commander’s symbol used by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Paintings, In addition to the Tosho Daigongen picture of the enshrined Tokugawa Ieyasu , the museum has a collection of works depicting other Tokugawa shogun.
Writings and historical documents, The collection includes written works from different Tokugawa shoguns as well as one written by a woman related to Tokugawa Ieyasu. There are also writings from daimyo feudal lords and the shogun’s retainers from the end of the shogunate in the late 19th century. Each of these has been personally handwritten. Handwritten documents relating to Kunozan Toshogu and different generations of shotguns are kept at the museum, mainly dating from the Momoyama period (1573-1603) to the beginning of the Edo period.
Others, Items belonging to the 15th shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The museum has 15 items from the hobbies that the Shogun devoted himself to after his retirement after the Tokugawa Bakufu government, and the office of Shogun was abolished at the Meiji Restoration (1868). These items include a camera and a fishing tool.
Nikkosan Rinnoji Temple
Originally known as Shihonryuji Temple, Nikkosan Rinnoji Temple was founded 1,200 years ago by Buddhist monk Shodo, who served as the first head priest of Nikko. Sanbutsudo Hall, the temple’s main building, is one of the largest wooden structures in Nikko, and houses eight-meter-tall gold statues of the Thousand-armed Buddha of Mt. Nantai, the Amida Buddha of Mt. Nyoho and the Horse-headed Buddha of Mt. Taro. Nikkosan Rinnoji Temple also includes a treasure house with National Treasure sutras and Buddha statues, as well as the Japanese garden Shoyoen, featuring a placid pond.
Founded in 766 by the Buddhist monk Shodo Shonin, it is still used for ascetic training among Tendai monks
The most impressive sight at Rinnoji Temple is the three eight-meter-tall, gold-lacquered Buddha statues, each showing a different facet of Buddha. The three statues also represent the three Nikko mountain gods Mt. Nantai, Mt. Nyoho, and Mt. Taro.
Rinnoji was founded by the same priest who founded Futarasan-jinja Shrine, a Shinto place of mountainworship. This temple is a notable example of how the two religions co-exist in Japan.
Surrounded by towering cedar trees and lush forests, the whole area is especially impressive with the fall colors.
The Shinkyo Bridge (神橋, Shinkyō, “sacred bridge”)
The Shinkyo Bridge (神橋, Shinkyō, “sacred bridge”) stands at the entrance to Nikko‘s shrines and temples and technically belongs to Futarasan Shrine. The bridge is ranked as one of Japan’s three finest bridges together with Iwakuni‘s Kintaikyo and Saruhashi in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The current Shinkyo was constructed in 1636, but a bridge of some kind had marked the same spot for much longer, although its exact origins are unclear. Until 1973, Shinkyo was off-limit to the general public. It underwent extensive renovation works in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and visitors can now walk across the bridge and back for an entrance fee.
The bridge, which is 28 meters long, 7.4 meters wide, and stands 10.6 meters above the river, is both a nationally designated Important Cultural Property and a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site.
In the past, the Shinkyo Bridge was closed to the general public and only opened to important military leaders and imperial messengers. However, now visitors can now walk across it after paying an admission fee. The bridge acts as an entryway into the main sightseeing area of central Nikko, and most visitors will stop here to take a picture of the bridge even if they don’t pay the entry fee to walk across it.
The Shinkyo Bridge’s current design dates back to 1636, but there was a bridge in the same location for a long time previous to that. In 1902 the bridge was washed away by floods, but it was rebuilt in 1904 according to the 1636 design. The Shinkyo Bridge’s true origins are mysterious, but there is a legend about it.
In 766 a priest named Shodo Shonin was traveling in the area with his followers when he came to the edge of the rapidly flowing Daiya-gawa River and was unable to cross it. The priest got down on his knees to pray and a gigantic god called Jinja-Daisho appeared on the opposite bank with two big snakes, one red and one blue, wrapped about his arm. The god threw the snakes across the river and they were transformed into a rainbow-colored bridge with sedge grass growing on its top. Shodo Shonin and his followers were able to safely cross this miraculous bridge after which both the bridge and the god disappeared. According to the legend a bridge has been built and maintained here since that time. After crossing the rainbow bridge Shodo Shonin went on to found Rinnoji Temple, Futarasan Jinja Shrine, and Chuzenji Temple. Nikko grew up around these sacred sites and so Shodo Shonin is regarded as Nikko’s founder. The legend of Shodo Shoin’s bridge is why the Shinkyo Bridge is also known as Yamasuge-no-Hebi-bashi which means “Snake Bridge of Mountain Sedge”.
We walk on the road nearby and we try some famous desserts.
Nikko Nasu
The Charcoal Ice Cream (Gelato) was really tasty but, you better try this in the Summer season because sort of sweet and cold but in the Winter season it develops my sore throat. For my information check their website. Click Here!
Nikko Pudding Tei
Another famous dessert found, Nikko Pudding Tei, Housemade desserts & ice creams offered in a quaint, compact cafe with woodsy decor. Check their website here.
the bridge
Now a day, I’m obsessed with bridges with snow or with colors or unique designs. I’m starting to take pictures of the bridge starting this year. How many bridges should I see within this year, please follow my Instagram. I will be posting every time I discovered bridges.
our 3rd-night dinner
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Countless Blessings 