Dung – a global pupil in Japan will make a journey round Shizuoka to really feel the style of Japanese spring via seasonal dishes and exquisite pure surroundings. Not solely that, a particularly well-known manga character may also seem on this situation♪
Nguyen Phuong Dung
I’m a language pupil at a Japanese college. Is a lady vigorous, likes to sing karaoke and eat! Sooner or later, she needs to advertise her language strengths to journey around the globe.
Shizuoka Prefecture
We are going to depart from Shizuoka station (Shizuoka metropolis) to go to Kunozan Tosho-gu temple – Japan’s nationwide treasure and go strawberry selecting. After that, after having enjoyable enjoying on the amusement park of S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA, we’ll proceed to Fujinomiya metropolis to go to a long-standing native vineyard and Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha temple – a cultural heritage. rework the world. Observe Dung to have a visit to discover nature, historical past and great Shizuoka delicacies! Specifically, it solely takes 1 hour and half-hour by Shinkansen tram from Tokyo Station, Shizuoka is an appropriate place for day journeys.
Shizuoka Metropolis – Early cherry blossoms and strawberry selecting expertise
First, to go to Kunozan Tosho-gu Temple – Japan’s nationwide treasure, I went to the very well-known Nihon Daira cable automotive ticket sales space in Shizuoka. If you happen to climb to 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 among the lovely locations to view Mount Fuji and one of the best time to see Mount Fuji right here is in winter. It took a couple of minutes on the cable automotive to admire the attractive mountain and sea views to achieve Kunozan Tosho-gu temple with cherry blossoms in full bloom as if welcoming me! The cherry originates from Kawazu metropolis in Shizuoka prefecture, so additionally it is referred to as Kawazu-zakura. It’s stated that that is the earliest blooming cherry in Japan. These fairly little flower petals with darkish pink colour are so cute ♪
Kunozan Tosho-gu Shrine is residence to the tomb of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, a typical common within the 14th & fifteenth centuries. The principle corridor right here is painted in lovely golden and purple colours! At this sensible temple, there’s a shock I’ve by no means seen in Vietnam! After visiting the temple, there can be a problem to go down the mountain on the pilgrimage path with stone steps. And this path is lengthy… 1159 steps! So excessive that simply trying down makes my head spin. After some time of making an attempt to get down the mountain, the brilliant blue sea stretching behind the stone temple gate swept away all my fatigue.
Subsequent, I continued to the strawberry selecting farm on the coast to expertise strawberry selecting for the primary time♪ The greenhouse was stuffed with plump, shiny purple strawberries! Particularly after I found big strawberries, I couldn’t assist however strive a chunk and… So candy! So scrumptious that I’m speechless! The newly picked strawberries have a surprisingly candy style past creativeness. As well as, I additionally loved strawberry ice cream parfait with a topping stuffed with strawberries on the cafe on the farm. After all 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 guidebook service within the type of a stylus with 3 languages: Japanese, Chinese language and English so that you can select from. The value per use is 500 yen.
On the principal corridor, which was designated a nationwide treasure, there are a lot of majestic architectural artistic endeavors similar to two-story gates with shiny colours, making use of all modern architectural strategies.
This Shizuoka area’s specialty strawberry is the Ishigaki strawberry that’s grown on inclined cliffs, benefiting from the nice and cozy coastal local weather and has a splendidly candy style.
Shizuoka Metropolis – S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA
After selecting strawberries to my coronary heart’s content material, I moved to the S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA amusement park close to Shimizu port in Shizuoka metropolis. This time I visited the Chibi Maruko-chan Land theme park, the place the tremendous well-known comedian e-book character Chibi Maruko-chan is positioned♪As quickly as I entered the gate, Maruko-chan appeared to information me round. See a world recreated similar to in a comic book e-book! Let’s go to class and open our notebooks to check ♪Maruko-chan is so cute~ I additionally acquired to take footage with the highly regarded boy character Hanawa-kun, I actually appreciated it☆
Subsequent, I went to Sushi Yokocho – the Sushi theme space. This place has lots of contemporary seafood from this area♪ That is the primary time I’ve loved Sushi ready by the chef proper earlier than my eyes, and it was actually great! At first I used to be a bit nervous, however everybody freely began speaking to me so I had a lightweight and scrumptious meal. The chef was curious about asking about dishes I couldn’t eat, and even put Wasabi on a separate plate for me. Simply these little considerations made me really feel glad. I’m full, Gochisou-sama deshita – thanks for an exquisite meal!
Fujinomiya Metropolis – Fuji Takasago Vineyard & Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine
Leaving S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA, it took me about 50 minutes by automotive to get to Fujinomiya metropolis, jap Shizuoka prefecture. My vacation spot right here is the long-standing Fuji Takasago vineyard with a historical past of almost 200 years. Whereas visiting the vineyard, I used to be additionally given explanations in regards to the winemaking levels! Within the chilly vineyard, a really attribute candy scent at all times lingers. The metallic wine barrels listed here are stated to have been used constantly for greater than 50 years. I used to be additionally capable of see contained in the picket barrels used to ferment wine, however for somebody with a poor tolerance for alcohol like me, simply smelling it makes me really feel drunk. After making an attempt many forms of wine within the retailer, I made a decision to purchase a bottle of premium wine brewed with underground water from Mount Fuji as a present for my dad! Dad will certainly be very glad♪
From Fuji Takasago vineyard, I continued to maneuver to a close-by location, Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha temple. This place is named the principle shrine of the faith that worships the god of Mount Fuji and this shrine is acknowledged as a world cultural heritage! Stepping via the majestic temple gate, a superb temple with the principle colour being purple seems earlier than your eyes! This place, together with the Kunozan Tosho-gu temple I visited first, are each lovely with wealthy colours. Within the huge backyard right here, together with the plum blossoms and Kawazu-zakura flowers blooming, the mild spring breeze calms my soul. After leisurely visiting the temple, it was sundown. My journey to Shizuoka involves an finish right here.
Emotions
By this journey to Shizuoka, my first feeling was “comfy familiarity”! Wherever you go, there are lovely mountains and seas and a pleasing local weather. The individuals I met on this journey all gave me a delicate and delicate impression. That is the place I need to go to with my household and mates and leisurely stroll round.
Additionally, what can’t be missed is the scrumptious meals! The dishes I loved on this journey have been all scrumptious, however I’ll particularly not neglect the sweetness of newly picked strawberries. I actually need to discover and luxuriate in extra of Shizuoka’s great nature!
I can be very glad if Vietnamese individuals who love Japan, after studying this text, need to go to Shizuoka to strive it! When you have the chance to return to Japan, please go to Shizuoka! Absolutely you will discover feelings past your creativeness if you come right here!
Info
Shizuoka Prefecture
Instructions: about 1 hour from JR Tokyo Station (get off at JR Shizuoka)
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 automotive and cable automotive from JR Shizuoka Station (use the Nihon Daira cable automotive)
Temple visiting hours: 9:00 ~ 17:00 (from April to September), 09:00 ~ 16:00 (from October to March), no holidays
URL: http://www.toshogu.or.jp/english/
Strawberry Discipline strawberry selecting farm
Instructions: about 25 minutes by automotive from JR Shizuoka station
Opening hours: from January 2 to Could 5 (no fastened days off) Working hours: from 10:00 till bought out
Entrance price: adults 2,100Y (January 2~February 29), 1,900Y (March 1~Could 5)
URL: http://www.strawberryfield.jp/(Japanese)
Details about strawberry selecting (Vietnamese model of TripAdvisor)
URL: https://www.tripadvisor.com.vn/
S-PULSE DREAM PLAZA
Instructions: about 5 minutes by automotive 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 automotive from Tomei Fuji Inter
about 8 minutes stroll from JR Nishi Fujinomiya station
Working hours: 9:00~17:30 (weekdays), 10:00~17:30 (Saturday, Sunday and holidays), New yr break 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 kind on the house web page.
Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine
Instructions: about 20 minutes by automotive from Tomei Fuji Inter
about 10 minutes stroll from JR Nishi Fujinomiya station