Here are the tracks from my GPS while walking along taking photos in Tokoname which is just outside Nagoya and right next to the airport. They do provide a map at the visitor station but it isn’t to scale. We did the A and B walk on the map. There is [...]
Richard and Mieko have a pottery business in Tokoname called Olive Tree Pottery. The area around his place is such a nice area in Japan with many trees, hills, ocean, history and it’s quite. Richard showed us around and gave us some history on the area.
By the way, Richard is offering pottery internships to people [...]
Tokoname is located just outside Nagoya and one stop away by train from the Centrair International Airport.
Like Seto , Tokoname is an old pottery town with the Maneki neko ceramics everywhere. This photo of one was just sitting in someones yard. Pottery shops are everywhere even in peoples homes. You can pick up [...]
We were just sitting at an outside cafe and this cat came up and fell asleep on the bench.
Typical streets around Tokoname.
Rokkō Island is the second major artificial island in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan located in the southeast region at Port of Kobe.
I'm really a cola freak and enjoy the fact that Japan comes out with some strange cola mixtures every once in awhile. Coca-Cola no calorie plus fiber, Pepsi Azuki - Red bean flavored, Coca-Cola no calorie plus catechin - Green Tea flavor, Pepsi White - Pepsi and Yogurt flavor
The Osu Kannon Temple and shopping mall located in central Nagoya has a classic Japanese pagoda style Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist spot. Osu Kannon first was established in 1612 but the current temple is a replica built in the 1970’s. The price of goods at this huge outdoor type shopping mall isn’t the [...]
I did a fishing trip with about 10 friends in Wagunohama and beach south of Nagoya in Mie prefecture, Japan. We must of caught fish off the pier every 2 minutes from 6am to 10am. It’s a great fishing spot and beach just located about 2 hours south of Nagoya by car. Official websites [...]
