Of the nine prefectures in northern Thailand, Chiang-Rai has the famous Golden Triangle. Chiang-Mai prefecture is the second largest city in Thailand, and as the name suggests, it was the last new city (Chiang-Mai) during the Lanna Thai dynasty.
If you compare these two prefectures to Japan, the difference between Kyoto (Chiang -Mai) and Nagano (Chiang-Rai) lies in the climate and personality. What the two prefectures have in common is the landlocked prefecture that borders Myanmar, which are probably the Mecca of Japanese long stay visitors (especially about 4,000 in Chiang-Mai and about 400 in Chiang-Rai).
In particular, quite a number of women from around Chiang-Rai went to work in various parts of Japan when they were in the Dust Bowl days, became close Japanese men and got married, returned to their hometowns, and lived with husbands.
Chiang-Rai and Chiang-Mai is often mistaken for “Chennai” in India. When I booked a flight ticket to Chiang-Rai in Japan, but I almost made a mistake for Chennai India.
Chiang-Rai Prefecture has many historical heritage sites during the Chiang-Rai Dynasty (the founding was King Mengrai).
The two prefectures are sandwiched between steep mountains and are more than 200 kilometers apart. Roads are widening now, and railroads from Bangkok are being considered in the future. Chiang-Rai, the northernmost part of Thailand, is a prefecture that has the momentum and competitiveness to catch up with and overtake that Chiang-Mai.
Volunteers from the Japanese Association of Chiang-Mai are responsible for the maintenance of the hot springs.
＠In Mae-Sai, the border town between Chiang-Rai and Myanmar, the validity of VISA for land routes has been changed from 15 days to 30 days from November 2013 when entering Thailand.
@VISA conditions change from time to time in Thailand under the military government. VISA extension for land route is currently restricted to twice a year (visa free entry: 30 days * 2).
@The missing case of 12 soccer boys and 1 coach in Tham Luang (King’s Cave: [Tam = Cave, Luang = King’s]) on the outskirts of Chiang-Rai prefecture is the first resolved safely in nine days. (July 2, 2018)
There was quite a lot of access to this BLOG (post) as well. There are many caves in the towering mountains along National Highway 1. It is often a cave temple*.
It is a cool and quiet space where you can meditate. I presume that the reason why the children entered the cave was just for fun. Please note that there is a lot of rain in Thailand (flash floods).
Having an interest in such local information in Japan might be only if it includes information on incident or accident.
＊A meditation temple on the mountain of WAT JAPAN (Japanese Temple of Thailand), there is also a cave meditation ground in the Anakaric temple in the Tham Patong Village.
There are always fights with water (flash floods), wild mice, scorpions, ants, mosquitoes, etc. I hope you know about a life like this.
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