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CHAUSU-YAMA (Chausu mountain)

Chausu mountain is a famous place of Japnaese wariing State period (15 – 16th century).Nobunaga Oda he is the person finished Japanese warring state period. He was a little feudal lord, but he won Katsuyori Takeda who was calling as strongest feuedal lord family Takeda in this place and he was starting a load to the Japanese King. However he were thinking that killing Japanese Emperor, He was assassinated.Nobunaga was staying here with Ieyasu Tokugawa he became first Shogun (General of Samurai :Japanese ruler) in Edo period (AD. 1600 – 1867) and looking Takeda’s army (15,000 strong). They said Nobunaga (more…)
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Ajigawa river and Warehause

Azigawa is a river in Osaka, Osaka is a mercantile city and has many canals. Tokyo city also had much canals but almost of them are filled and became roads. Japanese “— hori” or “—bori” means there place was canal. My name is “Yokobori”, this means a trench in English and technical term of castle building, not a canal. Osaka has a famous river “Yokobori” too, probably no relation. The warehouse in picture is on my commuter way. It is Sumitomo’s warehouse, so this large warehouse is standing for ling time in front of Azigawa canal. In Sunset time, this (more…)
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Happy new year 2016

NERV center Japane Evangelion date panel on 2nd floor of Ashigara service area (Tokyo -> Nagoya highway line) I passed Ashigara service area again in New Year’s Day when I back to Osaka from Gunma pref. It was a fine day. We can look Mt. Fuji from in service area. Evangelion images are same in last year visit. But I had android smart phone in this time　(￣▽￣). Nearby TOKYO-3 (Ashigara and Hakone city) area has Evangelion GPS virtual tourism system. It needs to download GPS tourism application from internet to your smart phone. When man go to a position (in (more…)
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Hamamatsu Wind mill

We can look wind mills from Hamamatsu SA on Nagoya-Tokyo high way line. These wind mills are Hamamatsu wind power station’s one. Height is about 78m and wing diameter is 82m. It is magnificent. In Japan, they say wind direction is changing quickly and it is no good for wind mill. Actually, there are accidents wing is broken and dropped. And 25 percent of Japanese land is national land. Almost of that is national park. Almost of land is no good condition for wind mill power station and few good place is in national park, but, because it is not (more…)
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ASHIGARA=TOKYO-3

TOKYO-3 is fictitious city name in Neo Genesis Evangelion of TV animation. This TV animation was broadcasting in TV Tokyo station. Tokyo is the actual capital city in Japan (Means of the “actual” is Japan has no laws about Tokyo as capital city. People in Kyoto city say Kyoto is capital also now), but TV Tokyo is calling as Tokyo “LOCAL” TV station. Other TV stations in Tokyo have networks for all over Japan, TV Tokyo does not have enough network. So, it Tokyo LOCAL. TV Tokyo’s budget is fewer than other Tokyo-key TV station companies and Evangalion on air (more…)