A piece of Japan&Korea

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...)

The movie, "King's man" is now released. (http://www.kingsman.co.kr/) You can see some of
the scenes were taken in an Old palace. Here in photo is that. The name is Kyungbokkung.
It was used as palace in 14th century. In fact there was a sad history because of the era of
Japanese control, 20th century. Now we forget it and just.....see and enjoy the splended
palace......

Byodoin temple is famous for the design of 10 yen coin. Boydoin has 1000year's history.
And there is also many images of Budda. This temple is also resistered in World Heritage.
Byodoin is located Uji city in Kyoto. But maybe...many foreign tourists don't go because
here is away from center of Kyoto. If you stay in Japan for long,for example studying in Japan etc,
going Uji is also good for relaxing. Calm and nice place...

There are many traditional tea shop in Korea,too. This photo is Omija tea. It tastes sweet and
a little bit sour. This shop is located in Shinchon, Seoul which is one of the busy street in Korea.
Omija is a kind of berry (http://100.naver.com/100.php?id=755042). Korean traditional teas are famous
for good for health. This tea is maybe full of Vitamin.

Japanese garden is beautiful. Even for me, Japanese. Japanese garden makes people's mind calm and relax.
You can enjoy the scenery with eyes, ears and noses. The garden in the photo is called Rakusuien in
Fukuoka city. A big marchant had this house as his villa. Later people made the garden better and opened
for people come for sightseeing. In this garden there is a tea room, so you can enjoy Japanese green
tea. So you can see this garden with tongue,too. The photo is a waterfall in this garden.

In Korea, it becomes -15 degree in winter.... Of course there is much snow even in capital, Seoul.
It is contrastive my hometown has little snow. But in the house in Korea, it is hot because of the
floor heater called 'Ondor'. So in the house you can live with T-shorts.
When in winter, I want to eat the food which can make my body warm. So I go to eat soup of
Poaks or cows. 2 days ago, I lost my computer in the library of univ. My heart is.....,as it is, winter.

Canal city...is most popular modern place in Fukuoka, Kyusyu area. Kyusyu is located in the west of main island of Japan. There are many shopping place or restaurant, coffee shops in canal city. You can stay and look around
,so it takes half of a day. I went there on Chiristmas day. There were many people, esp. young couples.
But why canal? There is a small canal in the center of this shopping mall. Water....it makes human's mind calm
and full of peace. And Kyusyu is the area famous for delicious noodle, Tonkotsu Ramen. There is a Ramen street in fifth floor of canal city. There are 5 or 6? famous Ramen shops. I ate in a shop named "Ikkosha"
(http://www.canalcity.co.jp/shopsearch/detail/ss_d_1000265.html). I want to eat again, there!

Official site:http://www.canalcity.co.jp/home.html

This area is called Chong-no, one of the downtown in Seoul. There are many delicious restaurant, many
coffee shop, bars, offices, shops and so on. I don't know why this kind of PIANO was born...but it is
so fun to see this street. We make life's music in our mind.....sometimes it's cheerful one and sometimes it's sorrowful one....