When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, it’s really beautiful.
Compared to cherry blossoms in the city, it feels much more spacious here.
Shizunai Cherry Blossom Festival | Review by Thingnam19940301
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GRANSTA TOKYO
GRANSTA TOKYO is JR East’s largest train station mall. The huge open space with the sign “SQUARE ZERO” hosts select sweets shops, cafes, restaurants and general stores, which looks like a town itself.
GRANSTA Tokyo really is bigger than I expected. It has everything—sweets, coffee, restaurants, and souvenirs. I originally just came to Tokyo Station to catch a train, but I ended up spending a long time browsing inside.
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Gangoji
Gangoji traces its origins to Asuka-dera, Japan’s oldest full-scale Buddhist temple, founded by Soga no Umako in Asuka Village in the late 6th century. After the capital was relocated to Heijo-kyo, the temple was moved to the new capital and renamed Gangoji. It flourished during the Nara period as one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto but gradually declined from the mid-Heian period. From the medieval period onward, it began to prosper again as devotion to the Pure Land centered on the Chiko Mandala spread.
It feels like finding a bit of peace and quiet in the middle of the city.
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Kikukawa Shoten “Castella-yaki Hakone Manju”
“Castella-yaki Hakone-Manju" is the signature product of Kikukawa Shoten. This souvenir shop has been in operation for many years in the shopping arcade in front of Hakone-Yumoto Station.Many onsen Manju are steamed in a traditional Japanese style, but this western-style Manju is made with sponge cake dough and white bean paste.
They combined honey sponge cake and onsen manju into this cute Japanese-Western style treat. It's filled with white bean paste. I tried it, but honestly, it was a bit too sweet for me.
