Aritetsu bus stop at JR Fuginami station in Arida town
There are frequent buses that will take you up to Shimizu in about 60 mins.
The last bus going up to Shimizu is at 17:00

Tenjin-san Market in Tenmangu Shrine every month on the 25. The market sells a variery of things mainly used clothes ,fabrics and antiques. They also sell great food! Highly recommended if you have time!

Basho tree (Musa basjoo) is a banana tree found in Japan.  The banana fruit is small and inedible.  The big leaves of this tree is used to wrap food as well as weaving the fibers into fabric called Bashofu.

Dekopon is a variety of mandarin orange that are seedless and sweet.  It has a unique shape because of its large size and protuding bump on the top.  Dekopon is a hybrid between Kiyomi and ponkan. They are really good and the season is from December to February.

Happy New Year

Aragijima

Shimizu, Wakayama

Merry Christmas. We all got together for a Christmas party and exchanged gifts. I love the Christmas tree!

The tunnel in and out of town.

This is one of my favourite spots in Shimizu for a nice bike ride!