Sakura forecast 2019

Recently announced latest forecast for this year’s cherry blossoms says it will start to bloom on around March 23 (see below map) and will be full bloom the end of March. So exciting! Some of our tours are becoming booked out. So if you are considering to join our tour, please fix your schedule, the …

Setouchi Great Journey – Side trip from Shimanami Kaido cycling road DAY 2

We had a reservation of a kayak tour in the afternoon, we left our hotel very early and head back to the Koyo port. There were a few hills along the north coast of Etajima but we could make ourselves to be in time to get the ferry to Kure. Kure is the 3rd. big …

Cherry Blossoms forecast 2017

It looks Tokyo is the place we can see the cherry blossoms the earliest time in this spring. There are many company who provide on-line cherry blossoms forecasts and they say cherry blossoms will start to bloom earlier than usual in Kanto (including Tokyo) and northern Japan, but it will come later than normal year …

Sakura forecast 2016

It’s still pretty cold here in Tokyo, but we can find some signs of early spring here and there in the city. And, yes, we need to talk about this topic – when the cherry blossoms open flowers? According to the forecast companies it is likely they will start to bloom on March 27 and …

Rowing towards to Mt. Fuji

I am Masa.   I visited Motosuko-lake last weekend for camping and kayaking. I stayed there 3 nights with my family. Camping was a first time for them and first time in 10 years for me.   We rented kayak and rowed toward Mt Fuji. Motosuko is one of Fuji five lakes that are located …

Kayaking in Tokyo!

Isn’t it a fun if we can kayak in the river or the bay in Tokyo and see sky scrapers from the water level?! We bought three tandem kayaks the other day, and so, Masa , Sugiko and Yukiko gathered at our office to try to assemble and to go the first cruise on our …