Biological monitoring in Chiba (November 25, 2014)

"People watching" at Tokyo DisneySea

 I visited Tokyo DisneySea which is located in Chiba prefecture to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequences of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
 Tokyo DisneySea, located inside Tokyo Disney Resort®, opened on September 4, 2001, as a theme park where guests can experience Disney’s traditional family entertainment based on stories and legends of the sea. Located next door to Tokyo Disneyland and right by Tokyo Bay, Tokyo DisneySea is a new world rich in imagination, filled with adventure, romance, discovery, and fun. This new Disney theme park, which gets its inspiration from stories and legends of the sea, will open the doors to fantastic voyages that call to the spirit of adventure in all of us.
 Tokyo DisneySea is one of Japan's faces to the world. So I visited there to see effects of nuclear power plant accident.  Fortunately, I could not find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on November 25, 2014.



東京ディズニーシーは美しい街並み、ショー、アトラクション、美味しい食べ物など魅力が一杯です。トイ ストーリー マニア！とFantasmic!はとても素晴らしい。2014年10月撮影。

Tokyo DisneySea

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/tds/index.html

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/9mDpW

Access

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/access/index.html

Toy Story Mania!

Carnival games in the world of toys! Go in through Woody's wide open mouth and you'll find that you've shrunk to the size of a toy! A great time playing the carnival games set up under Andy's bed is waiting for you!

A Table is Waiting

Welcome to a world of tasty delights!

Mickey and his friends have just returned from a world cruise and they've brought back treats from many different countries. Mickey has invited Guests to the Dockside Stage, which is set up to look like a giant dining table, where that famous host, Lumiere is waiting.

Mystic Rhythms

Deep in the jungles where spirits dwell Back when Lost River Delta was newly discovered, this theater was a hangar for seaplanes, and it was the first stop for the adventurers who gathered here. It has since been abandoned and reclaimed by the lush and serene jungle. If you listen carefully, and you might hear the voices of the spirits…

Fantasmic!

A grand story overflowing with imagination Taking place at night on the waters of Mediterranean Harbor, this spectacular entertainment features Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice who creates a fantastic world of Disney through his powers of imagination. Filled with special effects using gigantic water screens, lasers, lights, and fire, this dramatic show promises an evening of unforgettable fantasy and excitement for all.

Happiness on High

Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

Happy Duffy

Disney Halloween Special Set

Breakfast

Omelette

 About 3 and a half years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."
 As PM Abe said, Chiba is very far away from Fukushima, people in Chiba have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Chiba have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Chiba. So people in Chiba are living without any concern about the accident.
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/

Biological monitoring in Tochigi (November 18, 2014)

Biological monitoring at  Toshogu Shrine

 I visited Toshogu Shrine to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequences of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.
 Toshogu Shrine is located in Nikko city, Tochigi prefecture. It was built in 1617 as the mausoleum of the Tokugawa Ieyasu. The main shrine buildings were built by the third shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1636. Building of the Toshogu represented the climax of the Gongen-zukuri style which characterizes Japanese shrine architecture. Skills of the highest level available at the time were applied to the architectural decoration such as carvings and coloring. Eight buildings such as the honden (main hall), the Ishi-no-ma (stone hall), the haiden (worship hall), and the Yomei-mon (tower gateway) have been designated as National Treasures, whereas further thirty-four buildings as Important Cultural Properties.
 Nikko and the Okunikko area around Lake Chuzenji, in particular, are well known for their beautiful autumn colors (koyo). Thanks to the 2,000-meter difference between its highest and lowest elevations, Nikko's autumn color season lasts nearly two months. The earliest colors usually debut in the highest mountain peaks in Okunikko in early October and slowly roll down the slopes, reaching the lower areas around Toshogu Shrine by mid November. 
 Generally speaking, plant's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us. So I visited Nikko city to see effects of the accident against creatures which are grown up in Japan.
 Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tochigi prefecture, Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on (November 18, 2014) 

日光東照宮で有名な栃木県の日光は標高がありスロープ状の地形のため紅葉が美しく鑑賞期間も長いことで有名です。紅葉は高所から麓へ徐々に広がり、１０月から１１月までが見頃です。２０１４年１０月撮影。

Guardian deity statues of Omotemon (Front Gate) at Toshogu Shrine

Koyo ; Nikko area is well known for their beautiful autumn colors.

It takes about 2 hours from Tokyo to Nikko.

Access

http://www.toshogu.jp/english/access/index.html

Shinkansen

Shinkyou (Sacred Bridge)

神橋

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/DV3MQ

Shinkyo, or the sacred bridge, is known to have existed already on the present site spanning the Daiya River in the Muromachi Period (according to remaining archival records) though the exact date of its construction is not clear. It was in 1636 that this bridge took on its present style as a vermilion-lacquered wooden bridge on massive stone piers piled down close to the riverbanks. Though demolished in a flash flood in 1902, it was reconstructed and restored to its 17th -century condition in 1904.

http://www.city.nikko.lg.jp/bunkazai/kankou/shaji/english/regist/const-1.html

 THE WORLD HERITAGE SHRINES AND TEMPLES OF NIKKO

http://www.city.nikko.lg.jp/bunkazai/kankou/shaji/english/main.html

Nikko Perfect Guide

http://www.nikko-jp.org/english/index.html

About Nikko Toshogu Shrine

http://www.toshogu.jp/english/index.html

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/YvHjT

日光東照宮

The shrine complex was registered as a World Heritage site in December 1999.

Ishidorii (Stone Torii Gate)

石鳥居

Omotemon (Front Gate)

表門

Omotemon (Front Gate) is also called Nio Gate because of the two guardian deity statues positioned on the left and right.

仁王像

Gojunoto (Five-Story Pagoda)

五重塔

Shinkyusha (Sacred Stable) and Sanzaru (Three Wise Monkeys)

神厩舎・三猿

 The “See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil” carving of three monkeys is particularly famous.

Sanjinko (Three Sacred Storehouses)

三神庫

Yomeimon Gate

陽明門

The shrine buildings are in constant need of maintenance.

Kairo (Corridor)Designated a National Treasure The exterior wall of the building extending to the left and right of Yomeimon Gate is decorated with flower and bird carvings that are considered among the best in Japan. All the carvings are single-panel openwork painted in vivid colors.

廻廊

Karamon Gate

唐門

Korou (Drum Tower)

鼓楼

Shinyosha (Portable Shrine House)

神輿舎

Nemurineko (Sleeping Cat)

眠り猫

Lake Chuzenji

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/zuIrJ

中禅寺湖

Koyo ; autumn foliage, Japanese Maple leaves turn red from green

華厳の滝

Kegon Falls

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/x0cnK

There are 48 waterfalls in Nikko, but Kegon waterfall is the most famous among these. The water falls from 97 meters high and you will enjoy natural beauty around the fall.

Koyo : Red or yellow leaves in autumn.

Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

Ekiben ; box lunch sold on a train or at a station

Dango : skewered rice dumplings with a sweet soy glaze

Yuba ; tofu skin, dried beancurd, delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk

Ayu Shioyaki ; Grilled sweetfish with salt

Suiton ; flour dumplings boiled in soup

 About 3 and a half years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."
 As PM Abe said, Tochigi prefecture is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tochigi have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tochigi have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tochigi prefecture. So people in Tochigi are living without any concern about the accident.
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/