Izu Peninsula Tour – along the coast
Izu Peninsula Touring – Seisho Bypass
Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2016
I went to the Tokyo Motorcycle Show at 27th March.
It held 3 days from March 25 (Fri.) to 27 (Sun), 2016 at Tokyo Bic sight.This is the 43rd times of the Show.It’s so crowded and I enjoyed visiting many big and small exhibition booths.
Unagi eel Lunch touring
We went to enjoy crispy and tender Grilled Unagi Eel to Mishima city in Shizuoka prefecture. Continue reading Unagi eel Lunch touring
Tour Order from Germany
Finally a nice customized touring plan has been completed!
We’ve got a order from Germany on April next year. They are a couple and visiting first time in Japan. The tour will be two weeks including staying in Kyoto for 3days.Their order is diversified and close to Japanese culture and people. And we would like them to enjoy relaxed, everyday scenery in Japan.This tour will be marvelous tour including Sake brewery and Maiko Japanese dance and so on.
Our tour is not one size fits all tour,personalized for customers.
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Japanese Culture: Risshun
Today Feburuary 4th is Risshun, the first day of spring in the traditional Japanese calendar. It means Spring is just around the corner. In Okinawa,southern part of Japan,Sakura the cherry blossoms are in full bloom now. Cherry Blossom Front lands the southern Kyushu and Shikoku areas in middle March and moves northward to the Seto Inland Sea coast, the Kanto region, the Hokuriku region, the Tohoku region and finally reaches Hokkaido,the northern part of Japan,in early May annually. This year we are having a mild winter in Japan, so Spring may come earlier. Let’s enjoy beautiful season in Japan on two wheels with Fun Ride Japan!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year from Fun Ride Japan.
We hope you are ready for more great experiences and adventures with us.
Japan is so beautiful!
We look forward to seeing you in Our 2016 motorcycle tours.
Mochi-tsuki – the unique New Year’s Eve events
In Japan there are many interesting New Year’s Eve events the Japanese peoples have to do before welcoming the New year. “Oosouji”clean all over a house with family and neighbors,set up ”Kadomatsu”,pine decorations and “Shimenawa”,a New Year festoon made of sacred straw at the entrance. Kadomatsu is a land mark to keep the God from getting lost and Shimenawa shows to the God that the area has been cleansed and is welcomed. And one more unique event is Mochi-tsuki. Mochi-tsuki is pounding boiled rice into mochi(a rice cake). Families and neighbors gather and pound it together.It’s a good time to deepen their friendship each other.How will you spend New year’s holidays? with your family? or with your friends? We hope that 2016 finds you happy and successful. We are looking forward to seeing you in our motorcycle tours next year. Best wishes for the holidays and New year!
Oseibo – a cool Japanese traditional winter gift-giving
Oseibo is a traditional winter gift-giving in Japan. Oseibo gifts are intended to be an expression of “Thanks” to someone who has shown you kindness during the year.
To whom?
They might be given to relative, Nakodo (matchmaker),teacher,clients, superiors at work, and doctor,etc.
When?
From December 1st to December 20th on the solar calendar.
What gifts?
The traditional Oseibo items are beer, ham, sausages, premium cooking oils,canned food, gift certificates.
How much?
The budget according to the depth of association with the person who receive it,average is about 3,000-5,000 yen per gift.
Oseibo gifts are different from Christmas presents. Christmas gifts are more private expression, usually given to family members, or close friends, not business associates.
Oseibo is a cool traditional Japanese custom.