Yamagata Prefecture -2

When I went to Yamagata, I went to the famous Chinese noodle soup shop. The shop name is Ryushanhai (Japanese,龍上海). I heard that Ryushanhai is most popular in Tohoku district.

The picture bellow is Ryushanhai's noodle soup. It's good taste. If you go to Yamagata, You try it.

Yamagata Prefecture -1

I've never been to Yamagata prefecture. But I went to there for business yesterday.

The right picture is a map on from Tokyo to Yamaga. It's very far. It takes about 2 hours 30 minutes by bullet train from Tokyo station to Akayu station. Akayu city is one of the station in Yamagata prefecture.


I saw a view of Akayu city on the taxi during toward a destination.
The view made me tranquil state of mind.

Darts

I went to playing the darts with my co-worker after work. I played the darts for the first time in the past few month. I'm not good player, but It is very fun. I enjoyed my after work time.

Mega Teriyaki Burger

McDonald's Japan sells the Mega Teriyaki burger for a limited time only, 8-June ~ 19-July.

A few months back, they sold the Mega Mac. For your information, It's a mega hit. They recorded monthly sales figures.
Then I couldn't eat the Mega Mac.

In this time, I challenged the Mega Teriyaki burger today's lunch. I chomped on it. I had trouble eating it. Because it's too big...

gigabeat

I bought a gigabeat, TOSHIBA. My bought model is V401, it is new model, and it has 40GB hard-disk.

My school on the web started download service of lectures. The file have a content authentication. The gigabeat is only portable media to support the authentication. So, I bought it.


The gigabeat has the one-seg feature. The one-seg service is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan. For example, you can watch a TV anywhere. The one-seg is a good feature, but I'm not needed. Because I don't watch at the TV almost.

Chiang Mai -My Stay-

This picture is My stayed hotel. Stayed hotel was clean and big room. Hotel's location is good. Because this hotel was located next to shopping center, Kad Suan Keo.






My transportation device is a tuk-tuk(ตุ๊กตุ๊ก in Thai). A tuk-tuk is
very popular transportation device. This picture took on the tuk-tuk.





The Inner city of Chiang Mai is compact. I took a walk at the inner city. But It's was very hot...







There are lots of temple in the city. This temple is fifteen-minute walk from my hotel.










This picture is one day's dinner, it's a Thai-style grilled beef. The rear of a restaurant performed live music.







Thailand is very famous for a food stall. This is sticky rice and skewered grilled chicken. But you must take care food poisoning.







Night bazaar is famous in Chiang Mai, too. It was one of pleasures for me. I went to there every night. Just looking at it makes me happy. There were a lot of things, clothes, shoes, baggage, Asian grocery and suchlike.

Chiang Mai -Bhubing Palace-

The Bhubing Palace is located on Doi Buak Ha, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province. It is the royal winter residence in Chiang Mai where the Royal family stays during seasonal visits to the people in the northern part of Thailand.

The palace is also the royal guesthouse for prominent state visitors from abroad. In the past Their Majesties welcomed or granted royal audience to State visitors only in the capital of Bangkok. Bhubing Palace was built in 1961. The construction started initially with only the royal resident building and the guesthouse. The other buildings were additionally built on later dates.
(by http://www.bhubingpalace.org)

Chiang Mai -Old Chaing Mai Cultural Center-

Old Chiang Mai Cultural Center is famous for dance and Khantoke dinner.
The restaurant take off shoes at the entrance. The first part is Khantoke dinner look court dance.
The second part move the place, and look the mountain tribe dance.

The second part move the place, and look the mountain tribe dance.

Chiang Mai -Wat Phra Thad Doi Suthep-

Located on Mount Doi Suthep, about 15 km from city and at a height of 1,080m above sea level, this wat(temple) is an important landmark of Chiang Mai.
Its special feature is the 348-step Naga stairway leading to the temple. The temple's golden pagoda contains holy Buddha relics.







There is a golden pagoda in the temple grounds. It's 22m.











He is a Buddhist monk. He drove away evil spirits for me.









This is a mural painting.








There is terrace from back of temple, it overlook Chiang Mai city. It's good view!!








This picture is took from head of the naga stairway. After walking up the stairway, many people was breathless and sitting the stirway.

Chiang Mai -Bor Sang-

Bor Sang is famous for the handmade umbrella. It's about 10km from Chiang Mai city.

I went to there by taxi. The picture bellow is took on a taxi on the way to Bor Sang.

Taxi's driver was guided. This is shop's picture. And There is umbrella making center the back of the shop. There is a lot of umbrella.
The picture bellow is umbrella worker. He is drawing at umbrella. Drawing speed is very fast. But this is very detail work.

There is service which umbrella worker draw at clothes of sightseer. I didn't it... But many sightseer did it.