How to go to Hiroshima (Miyajima) 2016, Ticket price

1      Transportation to Hiroshima

①    If you arrive Haneda airport in Tokyo, you go to Tokyo station. On the way you have to change train one time. So, it is convenient to get on the Tokyo monorail at Haneda airport and you get off the monorail at the Hamamatsu-cho station. It takes about 23 minutes to go to “Hamamatsu-cho station.”(about 4 Euro)

②    At the Hamamatsu-cho station, you transfer to “Yamanote-line bound for Tokyo”. It costs only about 1.2 Euro. And only 3 stations.

③    At the Tokyo station, you can have many ways to go to Hiroshima. I’d like to show you 2 ways today. They are Expressway bus and Shinkansen express train.

④    If you choose Shinkansen express train, you can go to Hiroshima only 4 hours. But it costs about 150 Euro(18,000JPY) (one way). A little bit expensive.

⑤    On the other hand, expressway bus is more reasonable than Shinkansen. It costs about between 40 Euro and 50 Euro. It depends on the season you visit. The bus stop is in Tokyo station “Yaesu Minamiguchi”. 八重洲南口(←in Japanese). But it takes about 12 hours to go to Hiroshima by bus. Expressway bus leaves usually around 8:00 PM and arrives at the Hiroshima station around 9:00 AM on the next day. I heard the bus is very comfortable, and toilet is of course in the bus. As one of the advantages, you can spare one night’s hotel expense.

⑥    At the Hiroshima station, you get on the “JR Sanyou-honsen line bound for Miyajima”. It takes about 25 minutes and costs about 3.5 Euro(410JPY). Many station staffs are in the Hiroshima station, so you can ask them easily. If you say in Japanese, “Miyajima ni ikitai desu.”(I want to go to Miyajima.) “Dono dennsha desuka?”(Which train should I get on ?)

⑦    At the Miyajimaguchi station, you can find the ferryboat landing. At the ferryboat landing, you buy the ticket for the ferryboat. Return ticket costs about 3 Euro. The ferryboat goes to Miyajima every 15 minutes. It takes about 10 minutes.

2      Tips for the trip

①    As you know, it is very humid, and hot in summer in Japan. Of course, Hiroshima also. So, if you go to Hiroshima in summer, you should take care yourself. Every year many people come down with heat illness. But you know, there are huge number of vending machines in Japan everywhere. So, you can buy cold drink anytime,anywhere.

②    If you go there in summer, you can enjoy fireworks festival in Miyajima. You can have further detail on the HP of “Miyajima Tourist Association”. Anyway, the place will be crowded with huge number of people. If you go there by train, you should buy the train ticket for going back to your hotel in advance. After the festival, it takes much time to buy the ticket in the station.

If you go there in autumn, you can see the red mountain. As you know, the color of leaf changes from green to red in autumn. That’s why you can see the great landscape from the top of the mountain “Misen”. You can go up the mountain by “Miyajima ropeway”.

The fee of the ropeway(return ticket) is about 15 Euro(1,800JPY). Many monkeys are on the top of the mountain “Misen”.

③    Most of the shops(including souvenir shop) close around 18:00 in Miyajima. And the last ferryboat goes around 20:00. Please pay attention to it.

3   Gourmet in Hiroshima

In my blog, I showed “Momiji-manju” last month. You can have many opportunities to eat fresh baked Momiji-manju in Miyajima. And you can eat “grilled oyster” in Miyajima. The taste is amazing. I think these prices are between 1.5 Euro and 2.5 Euro per piece.

And a very famous “Anago-meshi” restaurant is between the Miyajima station and the ferryboat landing. The name of the restaurant is “UENO”,“うえの”（←in japanese）It is very famous, so I think you might have to make a line for it. “Anago” means conger(kinds of eel). “Meshi” means rice. The price of the dish is around 10 ~ 15 Euro. However the taste is wonderful.

4    Shrine in Hiroshima

I think you have ever seen this gateway. This is the symbol of Miyajima. It is a gateway of Itsukushima Jinja shrine. It is called “torii”. It is very rare, because it is in the sea. In addition, the torii is very huge. 25 years ago, the big typhoon hit Hiroshima, then some parts of Itsukushima jinja were destroyed by the typhoon. But the torii didn’t fall down. If you visit Miyajima, please don’t forget to take pictures.

5  Accommodation

There are many Japanese style hotels in Miyajima. But if you have a plan to stay in hotel in Miyajima, you should make a reservation before you arrive in Hiroshima.        Actually many tourists visit Hiroshima every year.

  

6  Souvenir in Hiroshima

Hiroshima is very famous for “Shamoji” also. “Shamoji” is item for putting rice on ricebowl from ricecooker. It is kinds of large spoon. You can buy it in Miyajima as souvenir. Usually, nothing is written on shamoji, but some characters are written on some shamoji for souvenir like this.

 On the other hand, a huge interesting shamoji is displayed in Miyajima. I think it is one of the largest shamoji in the world. Of course, it is larger than I.

7  Animals

In Miyajima, you can see many deer. They are said to be God’s messenger in Miyajima. You can buy their food in some shop. If you buy it, they get together around you very soon.

And in some areas, you can see monkey. Maybe they are on the top of mounten Misen.

And the Miyajima aquarium is very famous. It is worth visiting.  

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Dresden Bastei bridge Germany 2016

1   Bastei bridge (Dresden)

The brige is very famous in Dresden Germany. Actually many tourists visited the bridge. If you go Bastei bridge, I recommend you to rent a car or to join a tour. I went to Bastei bridge by car with GPS. If you go by car with GPS, you input “01847 Lohmen”. You can go near the place, but you can find many signs concerning Bastei bridge around there. In my case, I asked a man who lived near the place.

 

This is the Bastei bridge. The scenery is very nice.

                                    This is the movie on the Bastei bridge.

2  A field of rape blossoms near the Bastei bridge

On the way to the Bastei bridge, I could enjoy the field of rape blossoms. The scenery was fantastic. Especially in May they are very beautiful. this scenery, you can enjoy  not only Bastei bridge but also this kinds of scenery, I think.

 3  Tips for the trip

  

In summer season, it is very hot I think.   So, it's better to have some drink, because  you have to walk a little bit long until the Bastei bridge. But you can buy something on the way. You don't have to be worried about it.

Dresden Germany beautiful spots to visit 2016. You should go there!!

As you know, Dresden is very famous as one of the historical and traditional city in Germany. Actually there are many impressive buildings in Dresden. It is worth visiting especially around the old part of Dresden. The old part of Dresden is the area there are a lot of old architecture. I love that kinds of architecture. I’d like to talk about Dresden several times, because I have many things I want to say, so, I can’t explain about it only one time.

1    How to go to the old part of Dresden

If you go there from the Dresden airport, you get on the “S-bahn” at the Dresden airport. You can go to the central station of Dresden by this S-bahn. It takes about 25 minutes. It is not so far from the airport.

If you go there from Berlin, you get on “EC” train. It goes to the central station in Dresden also. It takes about 2 hours.

Of course you can have many way to go there other than that.

I know your time is limited during the trip. You should have the most convenient way for you. So it might be better to stay in hotel around the old part of Dresden (around “Neumarkt”). If so, you can visit many famous places in short time.

2  Pictures of Dresden

This is the “Frauen church”. (in German “Frauenkirche”) According to the history, it took 6118 days for the church to be constructed, but only one day, it was destroyed 13th Feb.1945 due to the war. But the church was constructed again 30^th Oct.2005.↓

 This picture is "The Dresden Castle". It is very beautiful.↓

These pictures are "Zwinger" These pictures are inside of it. ↓

And the last one is the "Elbe river". The river is very close to these buildings above.

 If you want to go there after reading my blog, I would be very happy. And I'm sorry for not giving you japanese information recently. Now I am making the page concerning Japan. It would be helpful, if you understand.

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Hertha Berlin !! Football stadium in Germany.

  As you know, Germany is very famous for football league “Bundesliga”. And the national team of Germany was the champion of the world cup soccer 2014. So I’m very interested in soccer also. Today I’d like to talk about the soccer stadium in Berlin and how to go there and how to buy the ticket.

1      Hertha BSC

Hertha BSC is one of the team of Bundesliga in Germany. The team is based in Berlin, established in 1892. Hertha put up a good fight this season, the team is in 5^th place as of 6^th May.

2      Olympia-Stadion

The stadium is used as the home ground for Hertha BSC. It was originally built for the 1936 Summer Olympics.2015 UEFA Champions League Final took place in the stadium.

3      How to go there

It is very easy to go there. If you are a tourist, it’s very convenient to stay in hotel near the “Zoologischer Garten”. Actually there are many great hotels near the station. Anyway you can get on the train “U2” bound for “Olympia Stadion” or “Ruhleben” from Zoologischer Garten. It takes about 20 minutes to the station “Olympia Stadion”. When you go to the stadium to watch the game, you can see many people who wear the uniform of Hertha BSC. That’s why you can ask them how to go there.

4      Pictures of the stadium

 

5      How to buy the ticket

Near the Zoologischer Garten, you can find “Europa Center” easily. Many kinds of shops are in the Europa Center, and you can find Hertha BSC fun shop. In the shop, you can buy the ticket like this. I bought the ticket “Hertha vs Dortmund”. Dortmund is very strong and popular team. So the price of ticket was a little bit expensive (59 €). As you know, Shinji Kagawa belongs to Dortmund. I support him also.

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If you are interested in soccer, you can enjoy the stadium !!

Dewa-Matane. See you next time !