Date & Time: Wednesday, February 5, 1:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Spots: Nihon-odori Station, Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, Marine Shuttle (Yokohama Cruise) Visitors: Six Korean, one German，and twenty-one Japanese students. Four lecturers from Kanagawa University also joined the cruise. … Continued
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 29 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. Spots: Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kotokuin-in Temple(Great Buddah) and Hasedera Temple Visitors: Shawn and Chuwa, A Singaporean couple Attendants: 2 KSGG members Language: English Shawn, the husband of the couple, had visited Japan … Continued
Date & Time: Friday, October 18, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Spot: Engakuji Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kotoku-in Temple (Great Buddha), Hasedera Temple Visitor: An American couple Attendant: A KSGG member Language: English An American couple, Jeannie and Bob, had to postpone their visit to Japan due to the typhoon. So we suddenly changed our schedule and visited Kamakura. It was chilly and cloudy on that day, but we were so lucky that it didn’t rain. Jeannie is an ER surgeon. Bob used to work as a lawyer. They travel around the world on their own. It was their first visit to Japan, and their son is an English teacher at an elementary school in Yokohama, Japan. We met at JR Kitakamakura Station and then went to Engakuji Temple, which is one of famous ZEN*1) Buddhist Temples. They really seemed to like the appearance and atmosphere of the ZEN Temple surrounded by trees. We headed to Kamakura Station by train, worrying about their knee pain and backache, and then had lunch. As they loved the … Continued
Date & Time: Friday, October 4, 10:40 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Spots: Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Eishoji Temple, Jufukuji Temple, Genjiyama-Park, Zeniaraibenzaiten Shrine, Kotoku-in Temple (Great Buddha), Hasedera Temple, Yuigahama Beach Visitors: A German couple in their 20s Attendant: 1 KSGG … Continued
Date & Time: Tuesday, July 30, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Spots: Kotoku-in Temple (Great Buddha), Hasedera Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Sugimotodera Temple, Hokokuji Temple, Kenchoji Temple Visitors: An American scholar and his Chinese colleague Attendants: 2 KSGG members Language: … Continued
Date & Time: Saturday, July 20, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Spots: Yokohama Central Market, Yokohama Motomachi, Yokohama Yamate Western-style Buildings Visitor: A Taiwanese Woman Attendant: 1 KSGG member Language: Chinese The visitor found KSGG in a guidebook published in … Continued
Date & Time: Monday, July 15(holiday), 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Spots: Houkokuji Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotoku–in Temple (Great Buddha), Yuigahama Beach Visitors: A Spanish couple Attendant: 1 KSGG member Language: Spanish They didn’t look tired although … Continued
Date & Time: Saturday, January 26, 11:00 a.m. – 4:20 p.m. Spots: Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple and Kotoku-in (The Great Buddha) Visitors: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) trainees from Ecuador (5), Pakistan (3), Nicaragua (3), Afghanistan (2), Uruguay (2), … Continued
Date & Time: Sunday, January 22, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Spots: Dock Yard Garden, Yokohama Port Museum, Kisyamichi promenade, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Zou-no-Hana Park, Yokohama City Port Opening Memorial Hall, Yokohama Archives of History, Yokohama Kaigan Church, Kaiko … Continued
Date & Time: Sunday, January 20, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Spots: Enoshima Island Visitors: An Australian Couple Attendant: 1 KSGG member Language: English The visitors were a couple of Russian birth who love Japan and come here almost every … Continued