A piece of Japan&Korea

Nagoya is the 4th largest city in Japan.

There is a big castle which has a long history,

now it is the good place　for sightseeing.

Nagoya Castle was constructed on the orders

of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA　 in order to secure an important position on the Tokaido highway.

Construction was completed in 1612.

In May 1945, during the air raids on Nagoya in the Second World War,

most of the buildings were burned down. Fortunately, however,

three corner towers, three gates, and most of the paintings on the sliding doors

and walls in the Hommaru Palace survived the fire, and have been handed down

as Important Cultural Assets.

In every country they have the traditional drinks. In Japan, we drink various kind of "Sake".
So, how about in Korea??? Soju is traditional spirits.
It is cheap, but strong and pure taste. Both young people like university students and old men
enjoy drinking it.
Better style to drink is with friends. They share 1 bottle of SOJU with many people.
Pouring Soju....drink soju....get soju.....With the style like this, the friendship
is getting deeper.

In your country how do you conquer the hangover?
In Japan or Korea we drink much when we become univ student or working member of society.
In Japan, turmeric drink "Ukon's POWER' got popular in several years but.....I don't know the
effect well.
How about in Korea?
They have many kind of soups called "Hae-jang Kuk" means The soup makes intestine easy.
This photo is Kamja- tang, also nice after drinking.
Some soups are so hot in Korea, but some are not.
But hot soups have NI~~CE effect for the hangover.
that's why Koreans are so strong for drinking?!?!

Matsumoto Castle, in Nagano, is one of the oldest castle in Japan which is chosen as National Treasure.
You can feel the atmosphere both from outside and inside. You can go up the stairs inside the castle.
And can imagine how the boss of the castle feel in the era....
Nagano is full of nature, and peaceful city. The winter olympic was held in several years ago.
Castle as National tresure is, in fact, a few because of the fire or natural disaster.
We have to keep the tresures from our ancesters.....it was miserable like Nam-dae-mun Gate in Korea
was burned.

Do you like Korean hot food?
Mexican foods are so hot....i think.
But Korean food is also like that by means of Chili sauses called "Kocyu jang".

If you like , you can enjoy Tokppokki, rice cake and noodles.
Also oden.....
You can try it in Shin-dan-dong, Seoul.....or Topppoki stand.
Korean high school girls like it as a snack.

Instant noodle is made in Japan at first. We need 3 minutes to make that. How do you think about this 3
minutes? Maybe you want to eat! eat! eat!!! So....it becomes more delicious by means of the spice named
'HUNGRY'. This cup-noodle is about 100 yen.(about 1USD) It's nice for busy business man, students studying
in the late night, too.

This cup....I bought in In-sa-dong which is traditional street in Korea. It is about 25US dollars.
When you drink green tea, it's so cool. In Korea they drink many kind of tea as i told before.

Shinkansen.....it is fastest train in Japan. When you travel in Japan, it is so confortable to ride it.
But ....it's expensive....

This is just a normal scene of Kyoto, Japan. yes, The daily life of Japan is....so calm and nice.
Whenever you visit there, you can feel 'The Tradition of Japan' and relax.
If you stay long in Japan, you should go there and walk around at least once.
If you go for travel, you should plan well and go to as many places as possible.

One of the famous Korean foods is this "Pibim-pap". So, what's Pi-bim? It means 'mixed'. And what "Pap"?
It is "Rice". Now as you know, this food means "Mixed-Rice". But when a serve carry this food, this
is not mixed yet. You have to mix with spoon. mix,mix,mix,mix..............
Koreans think well-mixed Pibi Pap is so~~~~~~~good. this food is full of vegetables and an egg,
so full of nutrition. But you have to ready....this food is HOT! (Koreans don't think so...)