Yokohama, near Yokosuka NB, is Japan’s second largest city after...

Near Yokosuka NB, Soleil Hill is a beautiful European-style park boasting flower gardens, a Ferris wheel, a restaurant, a large athletic field with a 300-meter zipline, various glamping cottages and bungalows, and a spa with a nice view. There are plenty of fun activities your whole family will enjoy. What’s more, the park sits on the coast and is surrounded by the beautiful blue sea of the Sagami Gulf. Catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji in the distance on a clear day. Today’s lesson is: “Umiga kirei d

Yokosuka City, home of Yokosuka Naval Base, celebrated the end of summer and the pending arrival of fall with a traditional akimatsuri festival Sept. 14-15. The festivities surrounded two Kano Jinja shrines about a quarter mile apart known as lovers’ shrines. Locals believe that the gods of two Kano Shrines leave their shrines on the mikoshi and tour the community to bless the residents. Visitors dressed in traditional attire and paraded portable mikoshi shrines to the sounds of drums, flutes an

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