Kobe Luminarie Festival

My family went to the Luminarie Festival in Kobe yesterday.



Sooooooooooo many people were there because of the last weekend for the Luminarie Festival. We walked through Harbor, Nankinmachi(China Town in Kobe) and Luminarie. The streets were lighted up and decorated for Christmas.



It was really beautiful.

We walked a lot in the crowded streets. But it was paid off!

Tomorrow, Dec 14th (Mon), is the last day of the Luminarie Festival.





If you didn't go to the Luminarie yet, you definitely better to go and see it!


We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
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Windsurfing trip to Shirahama - Day 2

PERFECT DAY!

The wind kept blowing about at the 43 km/h all day!
This is what we were expecting for!!

So many windsurfers are on the beach from early in the morning.



It was really great day for windsurfer not for plain tourists.

Shirahama was so great place.

It's warm. The water temperature is also unbelievably warm!!
They have beautiful beaches.
They have clear water.
They have fresh Sashimi.
They have good Onsens.

And they have WIND!



Shirahama is the great place for vacation for people who stay in Kansai area.
Lots of our guest visit Shirahama and they all love there!


We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!

Windsurfing trip to Shirahama - Day 1

It was cloudy and windless day on Dec 6th, Saturday.
According to the weather forecast, it'd be raining all day.

It was not for windsurfing trip. But it was no choice for us.

About 30 people headed for Shirahara, Wakayama.

Fortunately, we didn't have traffic jam and also it was getting sunny after we got to Rinkai Beach, Shirahama. Although it was not for windsurfing, it was really pretty day.



The hotels we stayed were sooooo cool. I felt I was in the future world or in the space bases.



What they says is the buildings are made with special foams and don't need to rebuild over 500 years. It's just amazing!!

Their buffet was also EXECELLENT! They served lots of Sashimi and Sushi. That was the best buffet I ever had before!

They just opened "Onsen" on the top of the hill. Their "Roten buro(outdoor hot spring)" was just awesome! We can look down the bay and look up thousands of stars in the sky!

This is MUST-STAY HOTEL in Shirahama!
Their website is http://www.toretore.com/village/.


We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!

Trip to

Woooops! I fell asleep last night before updating my blog while watching Terminator 4 last night. I almost forgot about the story of original Terminator. So it was kinds of difficult story and i didn't understand what's going on in the movie...
I need to watch it probably another 2 times...

It was raining in the day time on Dec 3rd, Thursday here in Nishinomiya.
I really hate rain days...

The Luminarie Festival just begun in Motomachi, Kobe last night. I happened to watch their light on in the live news.
It was sooooooooooooooo awesome. My family goes to the Luminarie Festival every year. When my son KiO watch it on the movie, he started to say "Papa, Mama". I just wondered he still remember he went to the festival last year!

The Luminarie Festival is taking place from Dec 3rd, Thursday to Dec 14th, Monday.
Their website is http://www.kobe-luminarie.jp/. (They have only Japanese website... Too bad...)

Trust me. It is awesome festival. You'll never get disappointed!!

We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!

Windsurfing trip to Shirahama tomorrow!

I watched Terminator 4 today. It was kinds of disappointing movie for me. I'm glad I didn't go to movie theater to watch it.

Well, my wife, son, and I are going to windsurfing camp held by Lanai's beach club from tomorrow for two days. It's annual event for the windsurfing store and customers.

We never went to Shirahama for windsurfing this winter yet. My wife is so excited to go there!!
According to weather forecast, it'll be so windy on Sunday:) That's great for us! I missed lots of windy days during my trip to U.S. I can't miss them any longer!!


The Luminarie Festival is taking place in Motomachi, Kobe from Dec 3rd, Thursday to Dec 14th, Monday.

We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!

The first rain day in December.

Woooops! I fell asleep last night before updating my blog while watching Terminator 4 last night. I almost forgot about the story of original Terminator. So it was kinds of difficult story and i didn't understand what's going on in the movie...
I need to watch it probably another 2 times...

It was raining in the day time on Dec 3rd, Thursday here in Nishinomiya.
I really hate rain days...

The Luminarie Festival just begun in Motomachi, Kobe last night. I happened to watch their light on in the live news.
It was sooooooooooooooo awesome. My family goes to the Luminarie Festival every year. When my son KiO watch it on the movie, he started to say "Papa, Mama". I just wondered he still remember he went to the festival last year!

The Luminarie Festival is taking place from Dec 3rd, Thursday to Dec 14th, Monday.
Their website is http://www.kobe-luminarie.jp/. (They have only Japanese website... Too bad...)

Trust me. It is awesome festival. You'll never get disappointed!!

We have rooms available as of today.

Our place is the great great place to go to the Luminarie Festival!
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!
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It was lovely winter day again!

It was amazingly warm here in Nishinomiya again!
It was sooooo sunny without a piece of cloud.
I love this weather!

Vacation season all over the world is coming.

Do you already decide where to visit on your vacation?

Japan is great place for visit around the new year day.
We have so many events.

You got to come to Japan and see them!

We have rooms available as of today.

This is the great time to visit Nishinomiya which is the city just located between Osaka and Kobe.
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!
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It was lovely winter day!

The first day of December was awesome!

It was so warm, and nice sunny day here in Nishinomiya.

December is the most busy season for Japanese. Companies have to do so many paperworks before the new year and people have to send "Oseibo"(Japanese traditional gift exchange customs) to others and also need to get ready for Christmas and "Oshogatsu"(the New Year ceremony).

It's really busy month. But we love December so much!

One of the most great days "Oshogatsu" are coming!
Japanese people wear traditional kimono and go to shrines and temples!
Hundreds of street markets are along with streets and in the yard of shrines and temples.

We have rooms available as of today.

This is the great time to visit Nishinomiya which is the city just located between Osaka and Kobe.
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!
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I've just started blog!

It's finally December!
And I finally started blog!!

Time goes by sooo fast.
I feel like the year 2009 just began a couple of months ago. But it's already December.
I feel like I was planning to start blog a couple of months ago. But it's been already 5 years.

We have so many events in December and January here in Nishinomiya, Japan.

We'll have a Christmas, huge new year ceremony, and huge Ebisu shrine festival for 3 days in January.

We have rooms available as of today.

This is the great time to visit Nishinomiya which is the city just located between Osaka and Kobe.
Book your room from budget accommodation "Koshien GuestHouse" today!
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