Time Travel Japan

Blooming yet ?

Isn’t THE flower blooming yet in Kyoto ???🌸🌸🌸🌸 📍#kiyamachi Virtual live-streaming flower viewing tour is coming up in my instagram account. ▶️ INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/timetraveljpn/ Please stay in touch!

We visited a special studio to experience Wadaiko! 🥁🥁🥁 📍Wadaiko Hiryu https://wadaiko-hiryu.jp Wadaiko is Japanese traditional music instrument. In this studio, a professional Wafaiko performer will be our instructor and teach us how to play the Wadaiko. The big sound of the drum vibrates my heartbeat and I found body energized by the music. When was the last time you shout out loud? At the end of the performance we shout out from the bottom of our stomachs and it felt sooo refreshing! It was full of fun. Oh, my arms are killing me though.., 👉Book a private tour in Osaka @timetraveljpn #japan #visitjapan #discoverjapan #localguide #Japantourguide #japanguide #japon #japang #जापान #ญี่ปุ่น #tourinosaka #osakaguide #osakatour #通訳案内士 #通訳ガイド

Half course Kaiseki lunch in Kyoto city 🥰 Book a private walking tour with a licensed guide when you are visiting Kyoto! 👉Time Travel Japan

🌷Herb Garden Blooming on the Mountain Slope Overlooking Kobe Port 🌹 For those who love flowers and gardens, why don’t we visit a herb garden in Kobe? 📍Nunobiki Herb Gardens Nunobiki Herb Garden is one of the biggest herb gardens in Japan. The fun part of this trip is it includes a ten minute cable car ride that goes up along the mountain slope overlooking Kobe port! Once you arrive at the top, you will walk down the mountain slope taking as much time as you want to enjoy beautiful flowers. There are : 🌻Rose garden 🌻Herb garden 🌻Lavender garden 🌻Herbal market 🌻Essential oil museum 🌻Greenhouse flowers 🌻Seasonal garden 🌻Restaurant and cafe and more! It is about an hour train trip from Osaka or Kyoto. If you want to make a day trip to this garden, please book my private tour! 👉 https://timetraveljapan.com/contact-us/ #japan #japan2023 #visitjapan #discoverjapan #localguide #Japantourguide #japanguide #japon #japang #जापान #ญี่ปุ่น #tourinkyoto #kyotoguide #kyototour #通訳案内士 #通訳ガイド #Japanesefgarden #kobe #kobetrip #kobeguide #flowergarden #herbgarden

✨ Fulfill Your Mind by Hand-Copying Sutras in Kyoto’s Tranquil Temple ✨ Looking for a meditative experience while you are visiting Kyoto? Today I will take you to my favorite Shakyo place! 🖌What is SHAKYO ?📖 Shakyo is a practice to hand-copy sutras using brush pen on paper. The origins date back to the 7th century, when Buddhist monks were publishing handwritten sutra books as they did not have letterpress printing technology at that time. Later it developed as an important ascetic practice. Nowadays Shakyo is casually practiced by many people to attain mental well-being. Tracing sutras requires concentration. While your mind focuses on hand-copying the letters, it takes you to a moment of silence and tranquility. 📍Daikakuji temple So many temples provide opportunities for Shakyo experience with different styles. One of my best places to recommend is Daikakuji temple. Located a 10 minutes bus ride from the touristic area of Arashiyama, Kyoto, Daikakuji temple is a great escape from the crowd. Even though we take off our shoes and walk onto a traditional tatami-mattress, the temple provides a chair and a table to make it easy to practice while many other temples provide floor-sitting style for Shakyo. You can choose to use a brush-style pen which contains ink in the shaft of the main body to automatically come off from the tip, instead of the traditional ink and brush, so you don't have to worry about getting your hands dirty by applying too much ink to the tip of the brush. There are six varieties of Shakyo paper, from long ones taking more than one hour to very short ones taking less than fifteen minutes with prices under 2,000 yen. ✨Wish and a Small Ritual✨ My favorite part is that the paper has a small section at the end to write down your wish. This time I wrote Ka-Nai-An-Zen which is a Japanese term to wish for a family's well-being and health. The Shakyo experience ends with a small ritual where I burn an incense and apply it onto

It was quite a surprise for everyone in Japan. The new movie of Hayao Miyazaki was released without any previous announcement or promotion. We had no idea what we should expect to see. Turned out it was the greatest surprise gift from the one and only anime studio we miss.💕 🎥 #theboyandtheheron 📍109 cinemas Osaka-Expocity 📍IMAX theater Soon after the movie started I could not take my eyes off of the outstanding graphics. Especially at the beginning, the scene where Natsuko slowly gets off the rickshaw was the most beautiful human movement I have ever seen. The story grabbed my heart and constantly reminded me of many former Ghibli movies I have been watching since I was little. I sometimes saw my son in the boy, and my child self at other times, but also it felt like the boy was the childhood of the director. 🍉🌻 But was it only me or did anyone feel the same way? The story felt like a long farewell from the director to childhood in us, or a new generation of anime creators. I left the movie theater with a gratefulness of another encounter of a great movie and a little bit of sadness to realize it might be the last time to watch Ghibli’s new movie. I hope it was just my wrong guess and look forward to many more great films in the next decade.✨ #japaneseanimefans #japaneseanimation #japaneseanimemovie #filmjapan #Ghibli #japanesemovies #anime #japan2023 #visitJapan #japon #japang #जापान #ญี่ปุ่น #通訳案内士 #通訳ガイド

The little creek carries floating petals on the surface and calling for the next season to follow. 📍Philosophers' walk #localguide #tourguide #discoverjapan #kyoto #visitkyoto #kyototrip #japan #japantrip #japan2023 #visitJapan #japon #japang #जापान #ญี่ปุ่น #通訳案内士 #通訳ガイド #philosopherspath #tetsugajunomichi #cherryblossom #sakura #Philosopherswalk

Japan's Annual Summer Festival for Deceased Spirits

How are deceased souls treated in your culture? In Japan, we have a special period of a year to pray for the deceased family members and ancestor srpirits 🙏✨ 📍Osaka, JAPAN 🔥 #BonFestival #obon

Have you ever been to Kyoto by the sea? Join my virtual tour to look down beautiful sandbar in the ocean! This tour is FREE and LIVE STREAMING! Everyone is invited. 📍#Amanohashidate #天橋立 Part 1 Kyoto by the Sea 1 : Mythical Bridge to the Sky Book here >> https://www.heygo.com/tours/kyoto-by-the-sea-1-mythical-bridge-to-the-sky This tour incudes ❤️the beautiful sandbar in the ocean ❤️going down mountain sloop by lift ❤️local streets ❤️crossing a rotating bridge ❤️a relaxing beachside walk in Japanese pine trees Part2: Kyoto by the sea 2 : Pray for Wisdom, Eat for Wisdom! Book here >> https://www.heygo.com/tours/kyoto-by-the-sea-2-pray-for-wisdom-eat-for-wisdom This tour incudes ❤️visiting a significant temple in this region ❤️mythological story of Buddha and dragons ❤️traditional architecture ❤️Japanese sweets in a local tea house I hope to see many of you on the tours! Lisa Watanabe #japan #kyoto #japantrip #kyototrip #通訳案内士

Find Your Favorite Samurai Armor and Helmet Miniature!

🇯🇵Tomorrow🇯🇵 Join my virtual tour to visit Kyoto’s traditional doll shop and see many samurai armors and helmets !⚔️ This tour is FREE and LIVE STREAMING! Everyone is invited ❤️ 📍#kyoto Ando Doll Shop This tour will include: 🧡Decorative samurai armor and helmet miniatures 🧡Ornamental swords, arrows and bows 🧡Origami experience to fold samurai helmet 🧡 Traditional doll shop and wonderful owners And more!! Free booking link 👉 https://www.heygo.com/tours/find-your-favorite-samurai-armor-and-helmet-miniature Hope you can join me tomorrow🥰 #virtualtours #localguide #tourguide #discoverjapan #kyoto #kyoto2022 #visitkyoto #kyototrip #japan #japantrip #japan2022 #visitjaoan #japon #japang #जापान #通訳案内士#通訳ガイド #samurai #samuraiarmor #armor #samuraihelmet #childrensday #tangonosekku #craftmanship #sword #ningyo #japanesedoll

I hosted a virtual tour to visit bamboo forest in Arashiyama yesterday. It was a perfect day to see cherry blossoms in full bloom along Katsura river. Thank you so much for those who joined the tour. Let's do this again in summer and autumn, and keep enjoying the changing landscape of Arashiyama in all seasons.

Riverside Walk and Japanese Literature : Visions of a Torn World

Join me with a relaxing riverside walk in Kyoto! In this tour I will introduce one of the three major classic essays in Japan, " Hojoki", that is related to this location. Let's walk through Japanese unique sense of impermanence by reading some parts of the book! This is FREE and LIVE-STREAMING tour. Everyone is invited! This tour includes: 🧡 A relaxing riverside walk 🧡 Cherry blossoms in full bloom 🧡 Reading classic literature related to the location and more! Hope to see you on the tour. Free booking link here>> https://www.heygo.com/tours/riverside-walk-and-japanese-literature-visions-of-a-torn-world Book >> Hojoki : Visions of a Torn World https://shop.aer.io/stonebridge/p/Hojoki_Visions_of_a_Torn_World/9781880656228-45?collection=Literature-176528 ※This reading tour is conducted with the permission of the publisher.

🌸Virtual Cherry Blossom Viewing Tour🌸

Sakura tour! We have been waiting for a long time. The cherry blossom season is officially here!🌸 This tour is FREE and LIVE-STREAMING!! Everyone is invited! 😊✨ 📍 #osakacastlepark #osaka In a week, we will host a SPECIAL cherry blossom viewing tour. The SPECIAL thing is that I and other two amazing tour guides as well as my dear friends, Eriko-san and Makoon-san are teamed up for back-to-back tours of cherry blossom around Japan. Please make sure you book all of our tours to follow cherry blossoms across the country! Part1 Lisa in 📍Osaka Free booking link 👉 https://www.heygo.com/tours/follow-sakura-around-japan-part1 Part2 Eriko in 📍Tokyo Free booking link 👉 https://www.heygo.com/tours/follow-sakura-around-japan-part-2 Part3 Makoon in 📍Kyoto Free booking link 👉 https://www.heygo.com/tours/follow-sakura-around-japan-part-3 Hope to see you on the tour! 👋 #virtualtour #virtualtours #sakura #hanami #cherryblossom #flowerviewing

Join me with a virtual tour to visit Kyoto's traditional doll shop! This is FREE and LIVE STREAMING tour. Everyone on the globe is invited! 📍#kyoto #andodollshop Book here >>https://www.heygo.com/tours/japanese-hina-dolls-the-art-of-inherited-tradition Every year on March 3rd, we celebrate the Hina Doll festival in Japan, also known as the Girl's Day festival 😊 Families with young girls often display a set of the young bride and groom dolls at home. Those doll sets are carefully selected by the girl's parents or grandparents in hope that their child will grow happily. The dolls are often inherited to the next generation with family memories🎎✨💖 Who makes those significant dolls? In this tour I will visit Kyoto's traditional doll shop and introduce the ultimate craftsmanship of Japanese doll making 🧡 Hope to see you soon! Book here>> https://www.heygo.com/tours/japanese-hina-dolls-the-art-of-inherited-tradition #kyoto2022 #hinamatsuri #雛祭り #kyoto #japan #japantrip #virtualtour #virtualtours #livestreaming #通訳案内士 #通訳ガイド

Tomorrow I will host a virtual walking tour (50 min.) to go to Kyoto's famous bamboo grove! It is Free and Live Streaming tour. Everyone on the globe is invited💓 📍#kyoto #arashiyama This tour will include: 🧡 A beautiful landscape of a river, mountains and a bridge 🧡 History of Arashiyama 🧡 A walk in Kyoto's famous bamboo grove and more!! Free booking link here: https://www.heygo.com/tours/a-tranquil-walk-to-kyotos-bamboo-grove I hope to see you soon! #kyoto2022 #Japan #japan2022 #kyoto #visitkyoto #通訳案内士 #virtualtour #virtualtours #japanguide #discoverjapan #localguide

I just had a wonderful time at my virtual flower viewing tour 🌸🌸🌸 It was a simple walking tour to enjoy different varieties of plum blossoms in different colors, shapes and sizes. But I was so surprised to see so many people loved it and came along with me until the end of the tour ☺️ I will be coming back to the same garden in about a week so that we can enjoy the changing blossoms and different varieties of plum flowers 🌸 Stay tuned!

Virtual Flower Viewing in a Japanese Garden

Hi! Tomorrow I will be conducing a virtual flower viewing tour from a Japanese garden in Osaka.🇯🇵　It is FREE to join! Everyone is invited 🧡 You thought it is too early for cherry blossoms?🌸🌸🌸 Well, before the most popular cherry blossom season starts in March, February is the month of Japanese plum blossoms that represent the beginning of the spring! 🌱 There are hundreds of varieties of plum blossoms and each blooms in the slightly different weeks of a season. This week, the earliest ones are opening their buds. So come join me to enjoy some of the plum blossoms that bloom the earliest of all the other varieties, which you will miss until next season otherwise! I will look forward to seeing you soon ! This tour includes : 🌸Beautiful Japanese plum blossoms in different colors, shapes and sizes! 🌸 How do locals enjoy flower viewing in Japan? 🌸What is the difference between plum blossoms and cherry blossoms? 🌸A little treat to enjoy plum blossoms more 😋🍡 and more!! Book the tour here>> https://www.heygo.com/tours/flower-viewing-in-a-japanese-garden