Showing around my town
Walking around " SOKA City " near the station.....
It is about 30 minutes by train from the centre of Tokyo. It is not really a modern city, but it is convenient with a few old places with history ...
Hudabagashi Park
→ Hudabagashi park
Watch Tower
Beautiful spot for Cherry blossoms in the spring.
Yatate Bridge
96.3ｍ long 4.14m wide.
It has been choosen as one of " The 100 best roads in Japan ".
The view from the top of the bridge..........
Georges says it remains him about England 40 years ago ........
Pine tree path.....with 634 pine trees.
Sadly the river looks not pretty.......actually very dirty and disgusting...........
Nikko Kaido
was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo(Tokyo) with the Nikko Tosho-gu in Nikko, Japan.
●Saitama prefecture
Mastuo Basho is the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.
He was writing poems during his journey in his lifetime, and he travelled this road...........long long time ago....
Shinmei-gu Shrine
Information and Gallery centre
Soka is famous for Rice crackers so there are many rice cracker shops.
Resting area
Suddenly the alley appear.......it is an atelier here...
it is tiny but pretty. 
Soka is actually convenient little town which is close to Tokyo.
You can take the trains to Asakusa, Ginza, Tsukiji fishmarket, Shbuya (famous scramble crossing) and Roppongi ...etc...directly.
And there are some direct buses to Narita Airport ( about 1 and half hour) and Haneda Airport ( about 1 hour) easy peasy !
There are a few reasonable accommodations around Soka station too.
weekly hotel → Hotel housen Soka
Would you like to come to Soka !?
How about have a nice Swiss Lunch, Dinner at the Swiss Bistro.....haha.
It is about 30 minutes by train from the centre of Tokyo. It is not really a modern city, but it is convenient with a few old places with history ...
Hudabagashi Park
→ Hudabagashi park
Watch Tower
Yatate Bridge
96.3ｍ long 4.14m wide.
It has been choosen as one of " The 100 best roads in Japan ".
The view from the top of the bridge..........
Georges says it remains him about England 40 years ago ........
Pine tree path.....with 634 pine trees.
In Switzerland river is this,............. and in New Zealand is this..........
was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo(Tokyo) with the Nikko Tosho-gu in Nikko, Japan.
The shape of SAITAMA prefecture looks similar to Switzerland......
●Saitama prefecture
Area 3,793.75 K㎡
Population 7,307,759
Density 1,924/ K㎡
●Switzerland
Area 41,285 K㎡
Population 8,401,120
Density 202/ K㎡
Mastuo Basho is the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.
He was writing poems during his journey in his lifetime, and he travelled this road...........long long time ago....
Information and Gallery centre
Resting area
Between the houses there is a Temple....
Touhuku Temple
Suddenly the alley appear.......it is an atelier here...
Hachiman Shreine
There is a tiny shrine between the houses .......
it is tiny but pretty. 
Soka is actually convenient little town which is close to Tokyo.
You can take the trains to Asakusa, Ginza, Tsukiji fishmarket, Shbuya (famous scramble crossing) and Roppongi ...etc...directly.
And there are some direct buses to Narita Airport ( about 1 and half hour) and Haneda Airport ( about 1 hour) easy peasy !
There are a few reasonable accommodations around Soka station too.
weekly hotel → Hotel housen Soka
Would you like to come to Soka !?
How about have a nice Swiss Lunch, Dinner at the Swiss Bistro.....haha.
