Science Center - Mitsubishi Mirai Gijutsu-kan @Yokohama

At Mitsubishi Mirai Gijutsu-kan in Yokohama Minato-Mirai, Kids can experience science.
I'd like to introduce some highlights when we visited.

It's just a 3-minute walk from Yokohama Landmark Tower!

We first saw the train technology called APM (Automated People Mover) which runs without operator or trainmaster! This technology is used not only in Japan but over the world!

I'm so impressed and proud of Japan's technology!

Even for the LRT train in Singapore where I stay!

This is the submarine technology. It can go down to the deep sea!

Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu" (The earth).

It can drill to the earth mantle and even earthquake area!

Here comes the space area.

You can go behind this space suit and take pictures as if you were wearing it. :)

It was quite interesting even to the adult.
It could be a good experience for kids to know about these technologies and science.
You can see Japan's state of the art technology by Mitsubishi!
There are a lot of kids events as well.

Check out their website.

Location:
8-minutes walk from Sakuragi-cho Station on JR Negishi line

Shingen's Shrine, Takeda-Jinja

Still at Yamanashi. :)

~Other Yamanashi Post~

Peach Picking @Nakagami Orchards in Yamanashi!

One of attractive activity in Japan is to experience fruit picking. There are various kinds of fruit picking throughout the year. During my son's June school holiday, we have decided to try the fruit picking, especially for my son because there is no such opportunity in Singapore at all!

We came to Yamanashi for Peach picking but we also found that there is a shrine called Takeda-Jinja for Takeda Shingen.

From Wiki:

Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄, December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573), of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent daimyō in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.^[1] 

 *Takeda is a family name in Japanese.

Famous Shingen was managing Kai Province which is the current Yamanashi prefecture.
So, Takeda Shrine treats Shingen as a god.

This is a souvenir shop in front of the shop

Takeda jinja Shrine entrance

We wash hands before praying.

This is where we pray for good fortune. 

We were lucky to see 'Ngoshi-no Harae'.

This is an old-time shrine activity we wish for good luck by removing some dirt of life you get by summer.

This is how it's done.

You have to walk according to the arrow.

Of course, I tried it. :)

There was a museum in this shrine and you can see many Shingen & other samurai's belongings including Katana.

Shingen statue

There is a paper fortune but it's from the box of the Japanese lion dance.

I've never seen anything like this before!

I took a video so you can see how it's like.

It was quite fun here. :)

Location:

Peach Picking @Nakagami Orchards in Yamanashi!

One of attractive activity in Japan is to experience fruit picking.
There are various kinds of fruit picking throughout the year.

During my son's June school holiday, we have decided to try the fruit picking, especially for my son because there is no such opportunity in Singapore at all!

June's fruit picking is usually cherry & peach, however, it's a little early season to pick peaches.
 But, my son & I LOVE Japanese peaches.

Here comes PEACH FRUIT PICKING TRIP in Japan!

Nakagami Orchards located in Yamanashi prefecture

Yamanashi prefecture is where half of Mr. Fuji is located. :)
Nakagami Orchards was a huge farm!
Though it was still a bit early for Peach Picking, there were many people looking forward to picking the eat the fresh peaches!

Nakagami Orchards entrance

The moment we enter, we moved on for payment and ready to pick peaches!
No waiting time! 😃

It's a little early season for peach picking in June, but we were able to see some.
There were a few kinds of peach trees and you can enjoy the different tastes.

Peach trees

After picking some, we can eat on the spot!

Freshly picked peaches were soooo tasty!

And of course, it's so SWEET! 💖

You can pick & eat as many as you wish.
But you cannot bring back. 😉

We also saw some young foreigners from Singapore and Europe countries working there!
It seems they are doing farm stay there.

Interested? Check out the Nakagami Orchards volunteer work web page!

Location:

Gunma Kayabuki-no-sato: Inn's "Kaiseki" Dinner

After Onsen, it's time for famous Japanese "Kaiseki" Dinner!

"Kaiseki" from Wiki

Kaiseki (懐石) or kaiseki-ryōri (懐石料理) is a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner. The term also refers to the collection of skills and techniques that allow the preparation of such meals, and is analogous to Western haute cuisine.

There are basically two kinds of traditional Japanese meal styles called kaiseki or kaiseki-ryōri. The first, where kaiseki is written as 会席 and kaiseki-ryōri as 会席料理, refers to a set menu of select food served on an individual tray (to each member of a gathering). The second, written as 懐石 and as 懐石料理, refers to the simple meal that the host of a chanoyu gathering serves to the guests before a ceremonial tea,[2] and is also known as cha-kaiseki (茶懐石).

This Inn's Kaiseki is  "会席".  :)

When we reached at the dinner venue, it was totally nostalgic...

Nostalgic Japanese dining area.

Chopsticks rest is dried fish!

It's a real one!

Grilling fish with nostalgic way.. 

Here comes a lot of dishes...

I thought they were going to grill fish in nostalgic method, but they put them in plate, so it will be cooked faster.. :)

It was really nice!

They said this fish was caught in the river near the inn. So, it's really fresh!

Grilling other stuffs.

After grilled food was all served, the staff started to keep the charcoal.

This hotpot was so nice!

Desert 1.

Desert 2.

This is another chopsticks rest come with the desert.

My son liked it a lot!

There are many nostalgic stuffs displayed there.

Food was nice.
And this place reminds me of the good old Japanese style which we, Japanese, tend to forget in modern life...

Nice place!


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