Taketomi Island, Japan
Taketomi Island is in the Yaeyama island chain, 300 km south-west of Okinawa’s main island. Taketomi town is well-known for distinctive rows of traditional red-roofed houses, built using an architectural style that dates back to a time when the islands were a separate entity to Japan and ruled by the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Halloween 2014 Tokyo DisneySea
Japan has gotten into Halloween in a big way in the last few years. At Tokyo’s Disney theme parks, DisneySea is offering up some spooky Halloween menu items, including a pitch black sausage, skull-topped orange cream donut and the churro-like Black Tipo Torta, which holds a blueberry cheese filling. Tokyo DisneySea will hold a splendid & unique event themed to a Halloween Carnival. The Halloween event will start from Sept 8th to Oct 31th.
Kurashiki city, Okayama Pref.
Kurashiki city, an old town that flourished during the Edo period, has been designated as an area of special beauty and carefully preserved since 1969. With picturesque streets on either side of a long canal, people referred to it as the “Venice of the Orient”.
Oharai-machi, Ise City
Oharai-machi is unique purification town in Mie Prefecture. Sitting at the entrance to Ise Jingū, the most sacred Shinto shrine in all of Japan. It retains a lot of the old merchant spirit, with sake cellars, centuries-old sweet stores, and traditional street-cart vendors. Traditional wooden buildings on the street use the same Tsumairi gable architectural style that’s also used in Japanese religious buildings.
Nishiki Market, Kyoto
Pickled vegetables made in Kyoto are popular not only locally but throughout Japan. This store is located in Nishiki Market, Kyoto.