

Yokohama-shi is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kant? region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.


1. Use your own sword to cut your stomach and die. 2. One of the punishments imposed on samurai during the Edo period. The lightest of the death penalty. In front of the autopsy, a kaishakunin shot down his neck from behind as he cut his belly. Japan calls Seppuku, hara-kiri, harikari. It is … Read More





white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food. Japanese says shio.

There is almost no change in basic form from late Paleozoic fossil species to modern species, and it is a representative of “living fossils”. Female total length 70 cm, male 50 cm. It consists of a semicircular head-thorax, a nearly pentagonal abdomen and an elongated tail sword, which can be bent at each junction. … Read More

Lake Mashu is a endorheic crater lake formed in the caldera of a potentially active volcano. It is located in Akan National Park on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. The lake has been called the clearest lake in the world. Mashu volcano is located on the east wall of the Kussharo caldera (26km east-west, … Read More