{"id":3430,"date":"2016-04-25T16:10:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T07:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2016-05-25T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:37:10","slug":"%e3%80%90%e8%a6%b3%e5%85%89%e3%80%91%e8%8a%b1%e3%81%84%e3%81%a3%e3%81%b1%e3%81%84%e2%98%85%e4%b8%96%e7%be%85%e9%ab%98%e5%8e%9f%e3%81%ab%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a6%e3%81%8d%e3%81%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/en\/2016\/04\/25\/%e3%80%90%e8%a6%b3%e5%85%89%e3%80%91%e8%8a%b1%e3%81%84%e3%81%a3%e3%81%b1%e3%81%84%e2%98%85%e4%b8%96%e7%be%85%e9%ab%98%e5%8e%9f%e3%81%ab%e8%a1%8c%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a6%e3%81%8d%e3%81%9f\/%20","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Tourism\u3011Sera was full of flowers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am the owner of THE EVERGREEN HOSTEL, Hazuki.<br \/>\nToday, I visited \u201cSera\u201d with Yuka, my junior in school. Que sera SERA\uff5e\u266a<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard of the name of the place before, because our designer, Mr. Miyazaki, is from Sera. But\u2026 where is it located?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">\u3010\u4e16\u7f85\u306e\u4e88\u7fd2\u3011<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px currentColor;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d210160.76655552792!2d132.8738768422195!3d34.610179894895325!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x3550eff3ede10603%3A0xd61cffa615862f2d!2sSera+District%2C+Hiroshima+Prefecture!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sjp!4v1461413824433\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u3010Review of Sera\u3011<\/p>\n<p>\u2460The town is located in the center of Hiroshima Prefecture.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s about 50 kilometers to the east from Hiroshima City.<\/p>\n<p>\u2461It\u2019s a major area for producing matsutake (mushrooms), pears, tomatos, rice, etc.<br \/>\nThe largest harvest of matsutake in Japan!<\/p>\n<p>\u2462I\u2019ve heard that seasonal flowers are really nice. (I\u2019ll mention it later.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2463Ekiden, a long-distance relay race, is strong.<br \/>\nBoth men and women won National High School Ekiden Tournament held in December 2015 for the first time in 22 years (!!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmm &#8230;there are a lot of discoveries. When you ask people in Hiroshima City about Sera, they say it\u2019s famous for \u201cbeautiful flowers\u201d and \u201cstrong ekiden team.\u201d\u00a0 Well, it seems that the images of Sera are these two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u203bYuka is my junior in university\u2019s club activity. She works at a company that has a domestic transfer.\u00a0 She has been living in Hiroshima for 3 years.\u201cNow that I live in Hiroshima, I\u2019ll visit many sights of Chugoku area!!!\u201d She is a salaried employee who drives around Chugoku and Shikoku area every weekend and knows a lot of famous stores and restaurants. By the way, her precious car is Mazda\u2019s Demio.<\/p>\n<p>I left everything to Yuka and we started to go for a drive to Sera. (She decided where to go.\u00a0 I was wholly dependent on her.)<br \/>\nWe left Hiroshima City at 10:30 a.m. and got to Sera shortly before 12:00 p.m. without stopping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHazuki, we\u2019ll have a lunch here! It\u2019s famous for its bread.\u201d Yuka said.<br \/>\n\u201cOheso (the belly button) Cafe&#8230;.?\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3085\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02579-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02579\" width=\"134\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02579-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02579-768x1156.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02579-680x1024.jpg 680w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02579.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3078\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02562-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02562\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02562-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02562-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02562-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cHey, Yuka!! Look here, it\u2019s a stone oven!!\u00a0 (I was excited)\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3077\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02561-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02561\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02561-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02561-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02561-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3079\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02564-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02564\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02564-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02564-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02564-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It had a good atmosphere. The cafe is an old folk house that was built 150 years ago.\u00a0 It was cool!!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 How wonderful the old folk house is.\u00a0 It was tasteful because it\u2019s different from new buildings.\u00a0 It also has the atmosphere laden with history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3080\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02567-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02567\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02567-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02567-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02567-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3081\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02571-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02571\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02571-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02571-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02571-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An illumination lamp covered with Japanese paper, like a paper lantern, is cool. I ate a kebab (900 YEN).\u00a0 It was a hearty lunch!\u00a0 A pita bread was very delicious!\u00a0 A cup of coffee was delicious, too!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3082\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02572-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02572\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02572-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02572-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02572-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3083\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02575-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02575\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02575-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02575-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02575-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An illumination lamp covered with Japanese paper, like a paper lantern, is cool. I ate a kebab (900 YEN).\u00a0 It was a hearty lunch!\u00a0 A pita bread was very delicious!\u00a0 A cup of coffee was delicious, too!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3084\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02576-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02576\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02576-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02576-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02576-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, what was \u201coheso\u201d &#8230; Oheso Cafe &#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of people in the weekends. It\u2019s better to make a reservation in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oheso Cafe &amp; Bakery<br \/>\n\u3012722-0411 1155 Uzuto, Sera Town, Sera County<br \/>\nTEL: 050-2020-5515<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ohesocafe.com\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\uff0b\uff0b\uff0b<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cHazuki, I want to see flowers in a highland next. Let\u2019s go.\u201d<br \/>\nShe is really active. She decides where to go in advance.\u00a0 I was taken by her and came to Serakogen Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! What a splendid view!\u00a0 I didn\u2019t expect it was this large.\u00a0 It\u2019s like the Netherlands!!!\u00a0 (I\u2019ve never seen tulips in the Netherlands though!!!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3106\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02596.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02596\" width=\"4912\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02596.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02596-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02596-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02596-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4912px) 100vw, 4912px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were about 300 kinds of colorful tulips and had 75,000 of them. The ground was painted by tulips.\u00a0 It was amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sera.ne.jp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3088\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02603-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02603\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02603-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02603-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02603-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3091\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02611-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02611\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02611-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02611-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02611-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was different from a Japanese children\u2019s song called tulip, \u201cred, white, yellow\u266a\u201d There were many kinds of tulips such as a tulip with two different petal colors and a tulip that looks like a lily.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Century;\">I thought this purple tulip was COOL!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3086\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02585-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02585\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02585-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02585-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02585-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3087 \" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02601-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02601\" width=\"134\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02601-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02601-768x1156.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02601-680x1024.jpg 680w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02601.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, you can take tulips back home with bulbs. And it\u2019s very cheap!!\u00a0 Many people enjoy taking tulips back home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3089\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02607-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02607\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02607-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02607-768x1156.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02607-680x1024.jpg 680w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC02607.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u3010Spring Tulip Festival 2016\u3011<br \/>\nFrom April 15<sup>th<\/sup> (Sat) to May 8<sup>th<\/sup> (Sun) \u2026It\u2019s open every day during the festival.<br \/>\nFrom 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m<br \/>\nEntrance fee: 800 yen for adult, 400 yen for children from 4 to 12 (elementary school students).<\/p>\n<p>Free parking for 1,000 cars (!!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Serakogen Farm<br \/>\n\u3012729-3305 1124-11 Bessako, Sera Town, Sera County, Hiroshima Prefecture<br \/>\nTEL: 0847-24-0014<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/sera.ne.jp\/<\/p>\n<p>Oh, dear. You can\u2019t underestimate Sera Town.\u00a0 Many tourists went to Oheso Cafe first, and then visited Serakogen Farm.\u00a0 It was like \u201cI saw her a while ago at the cafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I strongly recommend here to people who love to ride motorbikes or bicycles! There are gentle winding roads that must be fun to ride bikes.<\/p>\n<p>For this coming season, it\u2019s good for a bike ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I am the owner of THE EVERGREEN HOSTEL, Hazuki. Today, I visited \u201cSera\u201d with Yuka, my junior in school. Que sera SERA\uff5e\u266a I\u2019ve heard of the name of the place before, because our designer, Mr. Miyazaki, is from Sera. But\u2026 where is it located? &nbsp; \u3010\u4e16\u7f85\u306e\u4e88\u7fd2\u3011 \u3010Review of Sera\u3011 \u2460The town is located in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"3092","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7,34,36],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}