Shor trip in Nasu and Fukushima part 2 Fukushima

  Ramen is getting popular in the foreign countries.
This ramen, called Kitakata ramen, is one of the ramen brands.
  One of the purpose of the trip was to eat this ramen.

  Here is the wine celler. They are producing sake, Japanese alcohol.

This is a marsh.
This area is called "Urabandai". There is a big National park.

Short trip in Nasu and Fukushima Part 1 Nasu

  I am in the summer vacation.
I made a trip to Nasu and Fukushima.
Nasu is lacated in the north of Tochigi prefecture.
It is known as a resort in Japan.
 

                                                          The organic food.                                                            

Here is Oouchijuku. There are some old stylish houses.

Japanese lifestyle Karaoke

  Karaoke is made in Japan.
  If you come to Japan, you can find many karaoke bar in the city.
  I went to a karaoke bar in my hometown.

   We was in 1.5 hours in the room. It was 2500 yen.

 Karaoke is one of the popular leisure in Japan.

   We go to Karaoke to get rid of the stresses.

   Japanese people like to go to Karaoke bar with friends or family.

Japanese traditional culture

  Today, I introduce a custom when you go to someone's funeral.
You scatter salt on your body before you enter your home.
The meaning of this act is that you purify your body by
doing so.
  The mourner need to prepare salt packed in a package for the
attendants. When people die, we usually do two different kinds of
funeral. Otsuya and Osousiki(funeral).
  I  can not translate otsuya because the custom is unique
in Japanese culture.
  In Japanese culture, salt is used to purify something.
  For example, you can see Sumo wrestlers scatter salt
at the sumo wrestling ring before the battle.
  That has the meaning of purifying the ring before the battle.
  Sumo is a Japanese national sport. And sumo used to connected
with religious thing in early age.

Japanese lifestyle Taue

  In my hometown, it is the season of  rice-planting.
As you see on the photo, water is put into the irrigated rice fields.

  The landscape is nice, isn't it?
  You see a lot of tadpoles in the field. And you can listen to the
songs sung by a lot of frogs at midnight.
  You can not experience these things in Tokyo.
  You have to stay in country side.
  I hear many foreign people like here, Gunma prefecture because
we can see a lot of good scenery of nature.
 

Japanese food Sugar sweet!

 Do you know what they are?
They are Japanese sweets made of sugar.
Sweets of middle line look nice.
 The sweets form  snow, cherry blossoms, a sun flower, a hydrangea,
a Japanese maple.(from the lest side)

Short trip in Tochigi

  Hello, how are you? I have been busy recently, so I haven't posted an article.
I went to Tochigi-city by car yesterday. I took some photos there.
I'll post those pictures.
  Tochigi-city is famous for the Japanese stylish warehouses.
  The city was flourished by town serving as a stage in the Edo period.

 We can not  see these sceneries in Japan. This scenes seem to be old stylish.
 I found an interesting place here. There are city hall and department stores
inside in this building.

　市役所（しやくしょ） means "city hall".
   I guess it is unusual in Japan.
   I had an udon for lunch.