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I live in Kameoka, a city in Kyoto, Japan. Kameoka is known as "TOKAINAKA" (a city with both urban and rural scenery).

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blog Sightseeing

Miyajima, the Sacred Island in Hiroshima Prefecture. The Great Torii Gate of Itsukushima Shrine is Amazing.

2026.03.11

Foreign tourists love vermilion torii gates. Fushimi Inari Shrine’s “Thousand Torii Gates” in ...

blog Seasons

The plum blossoms bloom, the arrival of spring in Japan.

2026.02.09

The twenty-four solar terms divide the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter into six a...

Tips

Shimenawa – A Traditional Japanese Decoration Marking Sacred Places

2026.01.09

At the Hachimangu Shrine in my village, every year around year-end, volunteers from the parishioners...

blog Regions of Japan

Kameoka City is “TOKAINAKA” – It is neither urban nor rural, but a city in between

2023.10.02

TOKAINAKA, which is a combination of the Japanese word TOKAI and the word INAKA. TOKAI refers to the...

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