Dung – a global pupil in Japan goes on a visit round Shizuoka to really feel the style of Japanese spring by means of seasonal meals and delightful pure surroundings. Not solely that, this problem additionally options a particularly well-known manga character♪
Nguyen Phuong Dung
I’m a language pupil at a Japanese college. She is a woman vigorous, likes to sing karaoke and eat! Sooner or later, she desires to advertise her language abilities in order that she will be able to journey all over the world.
Shizuoka Prefecture
We’ll depart from Shizuoka Station (Shizuoka Metropolis) to go to Kunozan Tosho-gu Temple – Japan's nationwide treasure and strawberry selecting. Then, after having enjoyable on the S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA theme park, we are going to proceed to Fujinomiya Metropolis, the place we are going to go to a long-standing native vineyard and the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Temple – a world-changing cultural heritage. Observe Dung and make a journey to Shizuoka's nature, historical past and scrumptious delicacies! Particularly, it solely takes 1 hour and half-hour by Shinkansen from Tokyo Station, Shizuoka is a handy place for day journeys.
Shizuoka Metropolis – Early cherry blossoms and strawberry selecting expertise
First, to go to the Kunozan Tosho-gu temple – Japan's nationwide treasure, I went to the very well-known Nihon Daira cable automobile cabin in Shizuoka. When you climb the observatory on the high of the mountain, you will note the shadow of Mount Fuji seem proper earlier than your eyes! Nihon Daira is without doubt one of the stunning locations to view Mt.Fuji and the very best time to see Mt.Fuji is in winter. It took a couple of minutes on the cable automobile and admiring the gorgeous view of the mountains and the ocean earlier than I reached the Kunozan Tosho-gu temple with cherry blossoms in full bloom welcoming me! The cherry comes from town of Kawazu in Shizuoka Prefecture, which is why it’s also known as Kawazu-zakura. It’s mentioned to be the earliest blooming cherry tree in Japan. These stunning little darkish pink petals are so cute ♪
Kunozan Tosho-gu Shrine is residence to the tomb of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, a quintessential common within the 14th and fifteenth centuries. The primary corridor is painted in stunning gold and pink colours! There’s a shock on this good temple that I’ve by no means seen in Vietnam! A go to to the temple can be adopted by a problem to descend the mountain on a pilgrimage route with stone steps. And this path is lengthy… 1159 steps! So excessive that simply wanting down makes my head spin. After some time of making an attempt to get off the mountain, all my fatigue was washed away by the clear blue sea stretching behind the stone temple gate.
Subsequent, I continued to a strawberry selecting farm on the coast to expertise strawberry selecting for the primary time♪ The greenhouse was stuffed with plump, vivid pink strawberries! Particularly after I found the large strawberries, I couldn't assist however attempt a chunk and… So candy! So scrumptious I'm speechless! Newly picked strawberries have a surprisingly candy style that defies creativeness. As well as, I loved a strawberry ice cream parfait with a topping stuffed with strawberries on the farm cafe. In fact, the style can also be extraordinarily scrumptious♪ I actually need to come again right here once more.
At Kunozan Tosho-gu Temple, there’s a voice information service within the type of a stylus with 3 languages: Japanese, Chinese language and English to select from. The price per use is 500 yen.
In the principle corridor, which has been designated as a nationwide treasure, there are numerous majestic architectural artworks, corresponding to two-story gates with vivid colours, making use of all up to date architectural strategies.
The specialty of this space of Shizuoka is the Ishigaki strawberry, which is grown on sloping cliffs, takes benefit of the nice and cozy coastal local weather, and has a delightfully candy style.
Shizuoka Metropolis – S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA
After accumulating strawberries to my coronary heart's content material, I moved to the S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA theme park close to Shimizu Port of Shizuoka Metropolis. This time I visited Chibi Maruko-chan Land theme park, the place the tremendous well-known comedian character Chibi Maruko-chan is situated♪As quickly as I entered the gate, Maruko-chan appeared to information me by means of the world recreated within the comedian! Let's go to class and open the notebooks to review ♪Maruko-chan is so cute~ I additionally obtained to take an image with the highly regarded boy character Hanawa-kun, I actually preferred it☆
Subsequent I went to Sushi Yokocho – a Sushi themed space. This place has quite a lot of recent seafood from the world♪ It was my first time to get pleasure from sushi ready by the chef proper in entrance of my eyes and it was actually superb! I used to be a bit nervous at first however everybody began speaking to me so I had a lightweight and attractive meal. The chef was within the dishes I couldn't eat and even gave me Wasabi on a separate plate. Simply these little worries made me pleased. I'm full, Gochisou-sama deshito – thanks for the good meals!
Fujinomiya Metropolis – Fuji Takasago Vineyard and Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine
After I left S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA, it took me about 50 minutes by automobile to Fujinomiya Metropolis, Japanese Shizuoka Prefecture. My goal right here is the long-standing Fuji Takasago vineyard with virtually 200 years of historical past. I additionally obtained an evidence in regards to the levels of wine making whereas visiting the vineyard! A really attribute candy aroma all the time lingers within the chilly vineyard. Steel wine barrels are mentioned to have been in steady use right here for over 50 years. I used to be additionally capable of look into the picket barrels used to ferment the wine, however for somebody with a poor alcohol tolerance like myself, I really feel like I'm drunk. After making an attempt many sorts of wine within the retailer, I made a decision to purchase a bottle of premium wine brewed with Mt.Fuji underground water as a present for my father! Dad can be very pleased for certain♪
From Fuji Takasago Vineyard, I continued to maneuver to a close-by web site, Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Temple. This place is called the principle shrine of the faith that worships the god of Mount Fuji, and this shrine is acknowledged as a world cultural heritage! Once you cross by means of the majestic temple gate, a superb temple will seem earlier than your eyes, the principle coloration of which is pink! This place, together with Kunozan Tosho-gu Temple, which I visited first, are stunning with wealthy colours. Within the expansive backyard right here, together with plum blossoms and Kawazu-zakura blossoms in full bloom, a mild spring breeze soothes my soul. After a leisurely go to to the temple, it was sundown. My journey to Shizuoka ends right here.
Emotions
Throughout this journey to Shizuoka, my first feeling was “snug familiarity”! Wherever you go, there are stunning mountains and seas and a pleasing local weather. All of the individuals I met on this journey made a mild and mild impression on me. It is a place I need to go to with my household and pals and stroll round in peace.
And what should not be lacking is scrumptious meals! The meals I loved on this journey had been all scrumptious, however most of all I’ll always remember the sweetness of freshly picked strawberries. I actually need to discover and luxuriate in extra of Shizuoka's stunning nature!
I can be very pleased if Vietnamese individuals who love Japan need to go to Shizuoka after studying this text! In case you have the prospect to return to Japan, please go to Shizuoka! Once you come right here, you’ll certainly discover feelings past your creativeness!
Info
Shizuoka Prefecture
Instructions: about 1 hour from JR Tokyo Station (get off at JR Shizuoka Station)
URL: http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/english/
Shizuoka Metropolis (Shizuoka Tourism Affiliation)
URL: http://www.visit-shizuoka.com/en
Kunozan Tosho-gu Shrine
Entry: about 40 minutes by automobile and cable automobile from JR Shizuoka Station (use the Nihon Daira Cable Automobile)
Temple Visiting Hours: 9:00 ~ 17:00 (April to September), 09:00 ~ 16:00 (October to March), excluding holidays
URL: http://www.toshogu.or.jp/english/
Strawberry Subject strawberry selecting farm
Instructions: About 25 minutes by automobile from JR Shizuoka Station
Opening hours: from 2nd January to fifth Might (no mounted days off) Working hours: from 10am till shares final
Admission: Adults ¥2,100 (January 2nd ~ February twenty ninth), ¥1,900 (March 1st ~ Might fifth)
URL: http://www.strawberryfield.jp/(Japanese)
Strawberry selecting data (Vietnamese model of TripAdvisor)
URL: https://www.tripadvisor.com.vn/
S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA
Instructions: About 5 minutes by automobile from JR Shimizu Station
Working hours: 10:00 ~ 21:00, no days off
URL: http://www.dream-plaza.co.jp/about/en/
Fuji Takasago Vineyard
Instructions: about half-hour by automobile from Tomei Fuji Inter
about 8 minutes stroll from JR Nishi Fujinomiya Station
Working hours: 9:00~17:30 (weekdays), 10:00~17:30 (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), New Yr breaks and holidays (round August 15)
URL: http://www.fuji-takasago.com/en/
You’ll be able to ask and reply questions in English utilizing the contact type on the house web page.
Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine
Instructions: about 20 minutes by automobile from Tomei Fuji Inter
a couple of 10-minute stroll from JR Nishi Fujinomiya Station
URL: http://fuji-hongu.or.jp/sengen/english/
