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taigaa001 Says: Aoyama Kogen is a hill dividing Iga and Tsu and its highest peak is 756 meters in elevation. It is one of the most popular segments of Tokai Nature Trail, 1500-kilometers-long hiking trail between Mt. Takao and Mt. Minoo. Today the hill area has some wind turbine towers.
taigaa001 Says: The park, one of the most popular cherry viewing sites in Mie, started as the garden and villa of Takayki Todo, 11th lord of Tsu castle around 1855-60. After the Meiji Restoration the area became a public park. When I visited there about 20 years ago there used to have a...
taigaa001 Says: Originally built in 1571 this castle is best known as one of the major renovation works by Takatora Todo in early 17th century. Donjon of the castle was burned down in 1662 and never have been rebuilt since then. Stone wall structure and three-storied tower rebuilt in 1958...
robertbaum Says: "Takatora was born in the village of Todo, Inugami gun, Ominokuni (later renamed Zaishi, now Kora-cho, Shiga-ken) in the second year of the Koji period (1556) and went into the service of Lord Asai at the age of fifteen. After having won his first battle in the Anegawa Wars,...
Daikantei: The City's Favourite - Unagi (Eel) - My First
robertbaum Says: On first glance it seemed like an ordinary small restaurant that had already seen its best times.But when we found out that the owner is a poet and even won a price recently, it suddenly came to live. We even got the chance to talk to Takasaki Ichirou in person and he...
Unagi no Itou: The City's Favourite - Unagi (Eel) - My Second
robertbaum Says: After entering the restaurant we were welcomed in Japanese AND English !! The atmosphere is friendly as the owner likes to have a chat with the customers.Hours of Business: 11:00～18:30, it only closes on New Year's Day. As always Unagi-don (Eel on top of a bowl of...
Azumaya: Oishii Japanese grub & a coffee bar you can abuse!
Sohbet Says: Nice, Japanesey restaurant filled with tatami mats, colorful paper lanterns, huge kissing paper-mache fish, and an all you can drink coffee bar that comes with every meal. Dinner can be pricey, but the lunch sets are great! Rice, miso soup, Japanese pickles, and your choice...
Chabelita's Cocina Mexicana: Mexican Grub in the middle of a rice paddy!
Sohbet Says: This place has awesome combination plates. For 1000 yen you can get an all inclusive platter that includes a burrito, chicken soft taco, taquito, and spicy, baked potatoes. During lunch time, the platter includes a drink and a dessert at no extra cost. It pretty much rocks....
Casa Mia: Authentic Italian in Japan...zen zen NICE!
Sohbet Says: This is a very cute, very quaint Italian restaurant with authentic and delicious cuisine made by the hands of an even cuter Italian chef and his wife. Nice atmosphere, excellent dining. Ideal for a date. Also, the lunch menu is uber-delicious and totally reasonably priced....
Torch: International Food & Vegas Lighting in Tsu!
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Tin Pan Alley: Best International Food in Town!
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MARINA Seaside Terrace & Cafe: Great food, friendly service, & an outdoor patio!
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luciano Says: Er... well... not many choices, I admit it. We used to go to the Kamayan bar for a couple of drinks once in a while.It was a nice bar... and the only one near the university. But we took the party with us!
By train, 1 hour from Nagoya...
luciano Says: By train, 1 hour from Nagoya (Y980), 2 1/2 hs from Osaka (Y1640), 3 hs from Kyoto (Y1860). Nearest airport is in Nagoya.Tsu is stretched along the 23rd prefectural road and the Kintetsu railway, by the seashore. Seven stations of this line are inside the city, and a few...
'Children's Day' at the Gokoku-jinja shrine
luciano Says: May 5th is 'Children's Day' in Japan; on this day Japanese families celebrate Tango-no-Sekku, the Boys' Festival. From the latter half of April to early May, one sees nearly everywhere huge, gay-colored Koi-Nobori, carp-like streamers made of paper or cloth, which fill with...
luciano Says: Ishinden is the oldest neighborhood in Tsu, and its narrow passages and canals make a very pleasant bicycle ride.
luciano Says: Plum blossoms of Yuki shrine, one of the attractions of the Tsu. They are in full blossom at the beginning of march.
luciano Says: Three rivers cross the city. This is the nearest one to the university.
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Tsu has a long history that can be traced in countless shrines and temples all around, some of them looking really old (can you see the spider web?)
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Tsu, the capital of Mie prefecture, a small city. It has one of the most important universities of the area, and that's why I lived here for three years. Basically rural, it lacks the excitement of......
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Tsu, Capital of Mie Prefecture
Tsu is known as a city, Ogo, the heroin of NHK historic epic drama of 2011 once lived. Ogo is the nickname of the youngest sister of Lady Yodo, the second wife of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Ogo(Oeyo) became...
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