It has been taken place of travel fair "Tourism EXPO Japan 2016" at Tokyo Big Sight last week.
Many visitors, I believe some 200k, have come from all parts of Japan and from the World.
Exhibitors also varied from many area of Japan and many countries from 5 continents.
We can visit all of Japan in 1 day and we can make a round‐the‐world trip on the same day.
Let's start our trip!
This is the entrance building of the Tokyo Big Sight to start.
She is not our tour guide, but a Rakugo comic story teller of Nagahama.
He is Kuedon grouper of Shirahama to welcome us.
Master Takumi of polishing, polishes everything
Beautiful water of Okinawa
Balloon Festival in Saga
Japan's traditional handicraft of weaving.
Lunch time with Sendai gyutan beef tongue bowl or Fukui Echizen crab bowl.
Iwate, try costume of women diver?
Publicity of Minamisanriku awarded by commitee.
Robot hotel staff of Nagasaki
Taxi for Magistrate Samurai Mitsunari Ishida
Mitsunari Ishida and Ieyasu Tokugawa, rival each other
Kimono lover of Tokyo
Okinawan Lion
Suite train Shikishima will run in Tohoku next spring
Ninja of Aichi, never disclosed
Shiromaruhime Hemeji Castle, Habatan Phoenix after Kobe quake, Papa octopus
Fukushima, land of fruits
Fukuiraptor, dinosaur
Vietnamese traditional musicians
He is from Kenya. Maasai???
Polish mermaid
Muay Thai, not ready yet to fight?
We can learn many things in just 1 day.
Please visit next year!
Sergio
You may know Kobe Beef as Japanese high quality brand beef, because Kobe was open for foreigners for long time.
But you can not miss Sendai Beef as one of Japanese high quality beef.
Sendai Beef was started from a cattle of name "Shigeshigenami" brought from Kobe. (Ref. Wikipedia)
It should be grown in Miyagi between 100% Miyagi female and 90% Miyagi male cattles.
It must be at least level A5 or B5 of the marbling scale by Japanese Beef Association to become called "Sendai Beef".
Best cook is steak of course.
Good also as Sukiyaki.
You can try Sendai Burger. (Ref. tabelog.jp)
Please do not forget "Sendai Beef Tongue" known nationwide.
Kitakami river is the 4th biggest river in Japan with its length of 249km.
It will take place a boat race around the Kitakami bridge in Kawasaki town of Iwate on sunday 11 Sept. 2016.
Kitakami river was used as a highway of transportation by boat before, however now the riverside is considered as a place to be relaxed or to play activities such as this boat race.
"E" means various things, for example, it stands for Exchange, Easy, Ecological, Everybody, Enjoyable and more depending on each persons.
60 teams are joining every year.
From Kids to Seniors.
10 persons on each boat.
Time trial of 2 sets.
Top 5 will run for final.
For more details, please go to the following organizer's link
http://kitakamigawa-sp.jimdo.com
All the photos are of the last years.
It is only 1 hour drive from Shizugawa to Kitakami bridge.
Let's go!
By Sergio
(In Japanese)
E ボート大会 in 北上川
北上川は日本で4番目の大河で、その長さは249kmにもなります。
9月11日日曜日に岩手県川﨑町の北上大橋付近でボート大会が行われます。
昔々北上川は舟による水上運送の大動脈でしたが、昨今は川辺で寛いだり、今回のボート大会のようなアクティビティが行われるようになりました。
「E」にはいろんな意味があるようです。Exchange(交流)のE、Easy(簡単)のE、エコ(Ecological)のE、みんな(Everybody)のE、楽しむ(Enjoy)のE等々人それぞれのようです。
毎年60チームが参加しています。
子供からシニア世代まで。
一艘10人で。
2セットのタイムトライアル。
決勝には5チームが。
詳しくは、大会事務局のサイトまで。
http://kitakamigawa-sp.jimdo.com
全ての写真は去年までのものです。
志津川から北上大橋まで車で1時間です。
行きましょう!
セルジョ