Tsukuba Mountain

Tsukuba mountain has two peaks, Mt.Nantai(871m) and Mt.Nyotai(877m).
The mountain is located in Ibaraki and easy access from Tokyo.
You can take Tsukuba express from Akihabara to Tsukuba station. It takes only 45 minutes.
And then take local bus to Tsukuba shrine bus stop(40 minutes).

a view from mt.nantai

Funabashi Andersen Park

Andersen Park is a huge park that located in Funabashi city, 30 minutes from Tokyo by train.
The symbol of this park is a classic windmill.

a cute classic windmill

Funabashi Andersen Park(Japanese Page)
(English page)

Funabashi city is a sister city of Odense(Denmark) where Hans Christian Andersen was born, so this park was named famous writer of children's story.

Inbanuma

I went to Inba numa just because I want to enjoy walking on Sunday.
Inba marsh is located near Narita city. The marsh is known for windmill and beautiful sunset.

It's not easy to access to the marsh if we take train not a car, because we should to walk to the marsh about 20 minutes(at least) from the nearest station. (Sakura or Usui station/Keisei line). Another option is taking bus from the station.

people enjoy walking/ jogging around the marsh.

Makuhari Beach

I don't know why, but I think sometimes people intend to go to beach.
Maybe because of sea breeze, sun shine, walking on the sand.... sound of waves...
Relaxed.
Spending time on the beach is priceless for me.

It's not Hawaii nor Bali, but Makuhari.
The city is known for Makuhari Messe(the international convention complex) and Chiba Marine Stadium(baseball team "Chiba Lotte Marines" home stadium) also has beach.
It's about 30 minutes from Tokyo to Kaihin Makuhari station by JR Keiyo line.

swimming is not allowed in makuhari  beach.
maybe you can enjoy jogging or bathing in the sun.

Odaiba Night View

Spending romantic night in Tokyo?
Maybe Odaiba is one of the beautiful spots with romantic night view.

Odaiba is a man made island in Tokyo Bay. Daiba means "fort", and you can see an old  bronze cannon in this historical island.

Now Odaiba attracts people as shopping and entertainment district.

DECKS Tokyo Beach shopping center.
2 min. from odaiba kaihin koen staiton by yurikamome line.
shopping, gourmet and entertainment place.

Machida Squirrel Park

Machida city is a suburb Tokyo, about 40 minutes from Shinjuku station by train(Odakyu line).

The city has nice residents area with new houses and apartments, many universities and schools, big park with green, so it seems be comfortable live in Machida.

And one another thing that make this city very unique place in Machida is Machida Squirrel Garden.

”リスはともだち　まちだ　リス園”
squirrel is our friend, machida squirrel park

Chiba Zoological Park

It's a small zoo in Chiba city, about 50 minutes from Tokyo by train.

The nearest station is "Dobutsukoen" station of Chiba Urban Monorail.

You can see many animals such as kangaroo, penguin, reindeer, elephant, giraffe... and much more.

But the most famous animal in this zoo is lesser panda. Lesser panda named "Futa"（風太） has family, and people come to the zoo to see them.

But, why they are so famous?

"stand up!" but this is not "futa".
one of his family.