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In today’s post I would like to tell you about a fairly famous park in Tokyo. That is Ueno Park. Ueno Park is located in the Taito Ward district of Tokyo.

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In today's post I would like to tell you about a fairly famous park in Tokyo. That is Ueno Park. Ueno Park is located in the Taito Ward district of Tokyo. It was established on October 19th, 1873. Ueno Park was among Japan's first public park created during the Meiji period. It is popular during spring and lots of people from all over visit to see the cherry blossoms and to do Hanami. Ueno Park is also home to quite a few famous museums and there is also Ueno Zoo which is located inside the park. In recent years the number of visitors to the park have exceeded ten million per year. This makes it the most popular park in downtown Tokyo.

Natural Environment

There are a large number of trees in the park which total close to 9,000. Roughly 800 of those are cherry trees from various species such as Japanese cherry, Formosan cherry and Somei Yoshino cherry. Some of the other types of trees include Zelkova serrata, Ginkgo and Cinnamomum camphora. There is also a small pond inside the park called Shinobazu Pond. It is mostly marshland with numerous lotus beds. During winter a large number of Bird species come to this pond. These species include the American wideon, Common pochard, Tufted duck, Little grebe, Northern pintail and various others.

Museums

National Museum of Nature and Science

The Ministry of Education opened this museum in 1871. Various name were associated with this museum including the National Science Museum of Japan, Ministry of Education Museum, Tokyo Science Museum and Tokyo Museum. This is the only national science museum located in the county. Here on display you can find a wide variety of exhibitions related to science.

Shitamachi Museum

You can find the Shitamachi Museum next to the Shinobazu Pond. Here you will find remnants of Tokyo's old shitamachi or downtown area. The exhibits here will take you back in time and allow you to see how life was like in the shitamachi area of Tokyo over 100 years ago. The artifacts on display were actually used during the Taisho Period from 1912 through 1926.

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

This museum is supported by the prefectural government. Here you will find Japanese calligraphy on display from various Japanese artists. There are also numerous sculptures located outdoors that are on display. The Museum also holds special exhibitions from time to time such as the Monet exhibition which was held a few years ago.

Ueno Royal Museum

This museum opened it's doors to the public in April 1972. It is managed by the Japan Art Association which has a long and established history dating back to 1879. This art museum holds a number of annual exhibitions such as the VOCA Exhibition, the Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition and the Japanese Nature Painting Exhibition.

Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest national museum in Japan which was established in 1872. In addition to being one of the largest art museums in the world, it is the largest in Japan. The museum has various works of art including archaeological items found in Asia especially Japan. There are over 11,000 items in total including 87 objects that are of national treasure status. Other than the educational events, the museum also conducts research in relation to it's massive collection. There are shops and restaurants on the premises in addition to a garden and outdoor exhibitions, . In it's history of over 120 years, the museum has had it's fare share of changes and reforms.

There are five main exhibition buildings which are as follows:

1) Horyu-Ji Homotsukan (Horyu Treasures Gallery)
2) Toyokan (Asian Gallery)
3) Heiseikan
4) Hyokeikan
5) Honkan (Japanese Gallery)

There is also the Kuroda Memorial Hall. It was built in 1928 and the works of Kuroda Seiki are on display.

And finally there is a research and information center. Opened in 1984 mainly for academic use it is also open to the public. Admission is free of charge and you can look through their various books, magazines and other material such as color and monochrome photos. However, most of the material is in Japanese.

National Museum of Western Art

This is the main museum in Japan specializing in art from western cultures. The National Museum of Western Art is also know by it's acronym of NMWA. The museum was established on the 10th of June in 1959. The museum's art collection is based on Kojiro Matsukata's principals and philosophy. There are various works of arts dating all the the way back to the Renaissance period up until the early 20th century.

It is the museum's goal for people to be able to appreciate and enjoy various art from the West. The museum also holds special exhibits every year. These exhibitions include works of art from museums and private collections in Japan and abroad. Since the NMWA opened it's doors to the public, it has been collecting various works of art every year. The total number owned by the museum is approximately 4,500.

Shinobazu Pond

This a natural pond is located within Ueno Park which was the former site of the Kan'ei-ji Temple. This temple had close connections with the Tokugawa Shoguns. They built it to protect Edo Castle from the northeast direction. At the time the northeast direction was considered unlucky. During the Bonshin War, the temple was destroyed. Even though there have been many modifications, the pond is natural even though it was once drained.

The pond is located in the south part of Ueno Park. Three sections divide the park. These three sections are called Cormorant Pond, Lotus Pond and Boat Pond (because of the small boats you can rent). In the center there is Benten Island and on that island there is Benten Do which is a temple.

Numerous water lilies cover most of the Lotus and Cormorant ponds. These water lilies are what make Shinobazu Pond famous. However, in my opinion the lake is a bit of an eyesore. I personally feel the lake would look much better without the thousands of water lilies floating on top of the water.

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If you are planning to visit Tokyo or other parts of Japan as a tourist, probably the most important thing you will need to confirm is whether you will need to apply for a visa in your home country or not. There are some nationalities that are exempt, meaning that they don't have to apply for a visa in their home countries. They can get a tourist visa stamp in their passport at immigration after they arrive in Japan. Depending on the nationality, this stamp will allow the person to stay in Japan for a period of between fifteen to ninety days. This visa is granted on the assumption that the bearer of the visa is here for sightseeing purposes and will not engage in any type of work which he or she will be compensated for. At the moment, the following sixty seven countries are visa exempt:
Asia
Brunei (15 days), Indonesia (15 days), Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand (15 days), Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
North America
Canada and the United States
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Surinam and Uruguay
Oceania
Australia and New Zealand
Middle East
Israel and Turkey
Africa
Lesotho, Mauritius and Tunisia
Europe
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Sloyakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom

For countries that are not included above, a visa will need to be obtained at the Japanese consulate in the respective country.
Long term stay
If you are interested in staying here long term there are some options. The first thing that you need to do is to obtain what is called a Certificate of Eligibility. The purpose of this certificate is to simplify the immigration procedure. When presenting this to a Japanese consulate abroad it when applying for a visa it will be viewed that the applicant has already been pre screened and meets the conditions of the requested activities that the applicant intends to carry out within the country. In addition, if the applicant presents this certificate at a port of entry, it will be treated by the immigration officer as having met the landing conditions required related to the status of residence.

There are a total of 27 visas available. Although this can seem confusing and overwhelming, they can be broken down into 3 main categories.

Working Visa: allows you to work in Japan.

Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International Services, Intra-company Transferee, Skilled Labor, Business Manager, Highly Skilled Professional, Diplomat / Official, Professor, Instructor, Artist, Religious Activities, Journalist, Legal / Accounting Services, Medical Services, Researcher and Entertainer.
2. Non-Working Visa: such as student, dependent, trainee, etc.
Student, Trainee, Technical Internship, Dependent, Cultural Activities and Temporary Visitor.

3. Family related visa

Spouse or Child of Japanese National, Long Term Resident, Permanent Resident (Indefinite) *Note and Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident.

In my situation when I first came to live here in 1991 I entered on a 90 day tourist visa. I then enrolled into a Japanese language school and applied for a student visa. At that time, I had to leave Japan in order to apply for the visa. So what I did was visit the Japanese consulate in South Korea which is the closest neighboring country to Japan. My application took aro, und a day or two to process. After picking up my visa at the consulate, I returned to Japan and entered the country with my new student visa. If I recall correctly, the visa was initially good for one year and renewable 2 or 3 times after that.Family Related Visa: Spouse of Japanese national, Permanent Resident, etc.

I studied Japanese for a year from 1991 until 1992. I then came back to the United States for a few years from 1992 until 1995. In 1995 I returned to Japan again with the intent of staying long term. At that time I was already married to a Japanese national whom I met when I visited Japan for the first time in 1991. This time the visa that I applied for was spouse of Japanese national. The procedure was the same as before. I had to leave the country and apply at any Japanese consulate abroad. After receiving my visa at the Japanese consulate in LA, California (USA), I noticed that I was initially given a 1 year visa and had to extend it after that. From around my second year of living here I was given a 3 year visa.

Then around 2005 I switched to Permanent Resident. At the time the requirement to obtain Permanent Resident was that you either had to be married to a Japanese national for at 3 years or have been living in Japan for at least 10. As a Permanent Resident, there are no restrictions with the type of work you are allowed to do (same as spouse visa). The main difference is that you no longer need to renew your visa every few years. So basically you can live here as long as you like, and are free to do any type of job. It's almost like being a Japanese citizen except that you are not allowed to vote. Of course if you commit a crime, you run the risk of being deported.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments section or send me an email.

Billy

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In today's post I'd like to tell you about Senso-ji. Senso-ji is the oldest temple in Tokyo. It was formerly part of a sect of Buddhism called Tendai. Over 30 million people visit Senso-ji every year.

History

Senso-ji pays homage to the Goddess of Mercy called Kannon. or ( Guanyin). According to legend, in 628 two brothers who happened to be fishermen stumbled upon a Kannon statue in the Sumida River. The two brothers brought the statue of Kannon back and showed it to the head of their villiage. He realized that this was a holy statue and enshrined it after turning his house into a small temple. The local residents of Asakusa could now worship Kannon. In 645 AD the original temple was built but was destroyed in an attack in World War II. It was later rebuilt.

Temple Area

The Sanja Matsuri. which is Tokyo's most famous and largest, is held on the streets nearby. This is held during a couple of days towards the end of spring. At the entrance you will find Kaminarimon. This means "Thunder Gate" in Japanese. From the top of the gate you will find a humongous paper lantern with the Chinese characters of (雷 or Thunder) written on it. Past this gate you will find Nakamise Street. This street is lined with many small souvenir stores catering to tourists. After you reach the end of the street you will come to the "Treasure House Gate" or Hōzōmon. To the right there is a pagoda which is five-stories tall.

Tons of tourists from both Japan and abroad flock to Senso-ji each year. There are many local restaurants in the area offering traditional Japanese dishes. In the surrounding streets you will also find many Rickshaws waiting to take customers for a tour of the area.

I personally visited Senso-ji this past week. The last time I visited there was a long time ago, fifteen years if I recall correctly. There were both Japanese and foreign tourists; however, I would say that the majority of the tourists were foreigners.

Access

If you are staying in central Tokyo, probably the best way to get to Senso-ji is to take the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line to Asakusa. The line runs from Shibuya to Asakusa which is the terminal station, or the starting station if you are going the other way. Some of the main stations on the Ginza Line are as follows: Shibuya, Omotesando, Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tameike-Sanno, Shinbashi, Ginza, Kanda, Ueno and Asakusa. From Asakusa subway station Senso-ji is about a five minute walk away. There are maps above ground on the street that show how to get to Senso-ji. There is also a tourist information center nearby where you can get directions in English.

In addition to Senso-ji, there are also a few other interesting sightseeing spots in the area that are within walking distance. They are Tokyo Skytree the Asahi Beer brewery and the Sumida River. I will be writing about these very interesting places in an upcoming future post.

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In this month's article I'd like to talk to you about etiquette in Japan. I will tell you about some of my experiences and what you shouldn't be doing when you arrive here.

I'm originally from the United States. In the United States when we take a bath, we wash our bodies with soap inside the bathtub. But this is not the case in Japan. In Japan it is customary to wash one's body with soap outside of the bathtub. After you wash your body, you rinse off all the lather and enter the bathtub. The purpose of taking a bath here is for soaking and relaxing rather than cleaning our bodies.

The first time I came to Japan, I stayed at a business hotel in Tokyo. This hotel had a public bath for the guests to use. After I got undressed I proceeded to the bathtub area. Now, the public bathtub at a hotel or elsewhere is quite large and can accommodate a number of people. I picked up a bar of soap and stepped inside the bathtub. I then proceeded to wash my body with soap while I was inside the bathtub. A Japanese guest who was also in the same bathtub started to freak out when I started doing this and started saying something in Japanese. I didn't understand what he was saying but got the impression I shouldn't be doing that. I later found out that washing your body inside the bathtub is a no no.

Entering Someone's Home

In Japan when visiting someone's home it is customary to take off your shoes at the entrance or "Genkan" and put on "Uwabaki" or a type of slippers that is only worn for indoor use. If you are visiting a close friend or relative it is usually alright to wear only socks. But only in rare and informal situations do we ever walk inside someone's home barefoot. But if it is your own home then no problem. Even though we usually wear "Uwabaki" or indoor slippers, please keep in mind that when we use the restroom in someone's home, there are other special slippers for restroom use only. Japanese are very sensitive when it comes to hygiene.

Receiving A Business Card

If you intend to spend an extended period of time here there will be times when you are given a business card from someone. There is actually a polite way to receive and give business cards here in Japan. Let me tell you about my experience when I first received a business card from a business person here in Tokyo. This was sometime around 1991 and I was inside the train going to my Japanese lesson. A man standing next to me started talking to me in English. After a while he pulled out a business card from his business card case and handed it to me.

Now what I clearly remember even to this day is the way that he handed his business card to me. He used two hands. After receiving the business card I wondered why he gave it to me with two hands. At the time I thought that it was a really heavy business card so that's why he used to hands. Later I found out that in Japan, when giving and receiving things, it is considered proper etiquette to use both hands. So if someone gives you something or you give someone something, remember to use both hands.

Also, in meetings if you receive a business card you shouldn't just put it in your pocket. It should be placed on the table in front of you until after the meeting is finished. The reasoning behind this is if you forget the person's name, you only have to look at the business card in front of you. Forgetting a person's name and taking his/her business card from your pocket to confirm their name is considered extremely rude. In addition, writing directly on a person's business card or making notes on it in front of the person is also very rude.

There are some things that you should avoid doing when eating here in Japan. Here I will go what some of those things are. First of all, if you are eating a dish with a bowl of rice, you should never stick the chopsticks vertically up into the rice. This resembles incense sticks placed vertically into the sand that are burned at funerals.

If you need to pass food to someone you should never do it chopsticks to chopsticks. This too is a practice done in funerals here in Japan. After the body is cremated, the remaining bones are picked up and handled in this fashion. If you want to pass food to someone the proper way to do it is to use the reverse ends of the chopsticks that were not used to put food into your mouth. Then pick up the piece of food and place it on a separate plate. Also, when receiving the food from the plate, you do the same thing. Pick up the food using the ends that were not put inside your mouth and place it on your own plate.

In most western countries slurping is considered impolite. However, when eating noodles here in Japan, slurping noodles is considered normal. It took me a while to get used to this practice since I'm from a country where slurping is considered bad manners.

Gift Giving

When giving a gift to someone, you should avoid an item that displays the numbers 4 or 9. In Japan the number 4 pronounced (SHI) sounds the same as the word for death. The number 9 pronounced (KU) sounds the same as the word for suffering. Here in Japan many hotel and hospital rooms avoid using the numbers 4 or 9. It is similar to the number 13 which is considered bad luck in the West.

Addressing someone

If you meet someone for the first time it is considered good manners to call that person using "SAN" (MR or MS) after his/her last name. When a Japanese person introduces him or herself here they usually only give their last name. This is unlike in the West where a person will give both their first and last name. For example if a person's name is Taro (first name) Suzuki (last name). He will usually introduce himself by saying something like "Nice to meet you, I'm Suzuki".

Now this can cause confusion in western countries. In America where I'm from if someone introduces himself by giving only one name by saying "Nice to meet you, I'm Tony", it is understood that "Tony" is his first name. I remember a few years ago a Japanese person introduced himself to my coworker who was from America. If I recall correctly he said something like "Hi I'm Watanabe" My coworker thought that "Watanabe" was his first name. He then said "Nice to meet you Watanabe, I'm Mark".

The Japanese person probably thought that Mark was being very impolite since he didn't use "SAN" when addressing him. And since Mark thought "Watanabe" was his first name he felt there was no need to use "SAN" or "Mister". In America where I'm from we don't use the title Mister in front of a person's first name but rather last name only. As you can see a Japanese person would consider the foreigner rude for not using "SAN" after their name. And a foreigner would think that the Japanese person is being casual and friendly by using his first name. Be extremely careful of this here in Japan.

Another point to consider is that here in Japan, "SAN" is used even in front of first names as well. Even close friends here call each other using "SAN". So unless a Japanese person specifically requests that you call him/her by his/her first name, a good rule of thumb is to address everyone you meet using "SAN"

Although there are numerous other examples and situations, I will leave that for another blog. If you are mindful of the above then you shouldn't have any problems when visiting Japan. If you have any questions, leave them in the comment section or message me directly.

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In this first blog post I would like to tell you a little about Tokyo. Tokyo is the capital and also the largest city in Japan. Formerly known as Edo, it was renamed Tokyo in 1868.

Wards in Tokyo

There are twenty three wards (boroughs) in Tokyo which are as follows:

1. Chiyoda 2. Chuo 3. Minato 4. Shinjuku 5. Bunkyo 6.Taito 7. Sumida 8.Kot0 9.Shinagawa 10.Meguro

11.Ota 12.Setagaya 13.Shibuya 14.Nakano 15.Suginami 16.Toshima 17.Kita 18.Arakawa 19.Itabashi 20.Nerima

21.Adachi 22.Katsushika 23.Edogawa

To the west of these wards which are considered to be downtown Tokyo, there are 26 other cities that make up Tokyo as well. They are as follows:

1. Akiruno 2. Akishima 3. Chofu 4. Fuchu 5. Fussa 6. Hachioji 7. Hamura 8. Higashikurume 9. Higashimurayama

10. Higashiyamato 11. Hino 12. Inagi 13. Kiyose 14. Kodaira 15. Koganei 16. Kokubunji 17. Komae 18. Kunitachi

19. Machida 20. Mitaka 21. Musashimurayama 22. Mushshimo 23. Nishi Tokyo 24. Ome 25. Tachikawa 26. Tama

Interesting Information

In TripAdvisor's World City Survey in 2014, Tokyo was ranked first as "The best overall experience". It also ranked first in the following categories: "cleanliness of streets", "helpfulness of locals", "local public transportation", "nightlife" and shopping.In 2015 Tokyo was ranked eleventh as the most expensive city for expatriates and also the Most livable City in the world. It also ranked first in the Safe Cities Index. The 2016 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student.Tokyo also hosted a number of events such as the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit. the 1986 G-7 summit and the 1993 G-7 summit. It will also host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Let's now go into the meaning of Tokyo. It was originally known as Edo (江戸) which means "estuary" Tokyo is comprised of two Chinese characters (東京）東 To means east and 京 Kyo means capital.

Tokyo's has a rail and subway network that is one of the most extensive and busiest in the world. For someone visiting here for the first time, the rail system might seem very complex and overwhelming. But in reality once you familiarize yourself with the major train/subway routes, getting around Tokyo is not too difficult if you live here. Even if you don't, with modern technology, there are certain sites such as Jorudan where you input the origin and destination station and you will get instructions on which train lines to use, transfer to, etc...

Once thing you will notice if you visit Tokyo for the first time is that the whole city seems very modern. There aren't that many old buildings in Tokyo compared to other cities like New York. In addition, the city is extremely clean. You won't see that much litter or garbage in the streets.

There are two main towers in Tokyo. They are Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree. Tokyo Tower is 332.9 metres (1,092 ft) and is the second tallest structure in Japan. Tokyo Skytree became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 meteres (2,080 ft) in March 2011.

One question I'm often asked regarding visiting Tokyo is about safety. The most common question I get is "Is Tokyo a safe place to visit?" Well, let me tell you that in all of my years here, I would consider Tokyo one of the safest, if not the safest city in the world. It's the only city I know of where a woman can walk the streets late at night and not have to worry about anything.

I can go on and on but I will leave that for another blog.

If you have any questions about Tokyo, feel free to ask me in the comments section or email me directly.

Billy

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