Hakodate 2019: Funatama Shrine
A narrow road off of one of the main streets in Motomachi leads up to Funatama Shrine. Snuggled between a school and some homes on…
A narrow road off of one of the main streets in Motomachi leads up to Funatama Shrine. Snuggled between a school and some homes on…
On my first morning in Hakodate I spent an hour or so wandering around Motomachi, the neighborhood where my AirBnB was located. Motomachi is located…
After spending a little time down by the harbor I marched up to the Mt Hakodate ropeway station and rode the gondola up to the…
Sorry for the long delay since my last post. Don’t worry, I didn’t catch the COVID. What’s kept me away from this website is that…
Once I finished up at Yamadera Temple I got on a train back to Sendai Station where I quickly transferred to another train that took…
On my second day of sightseeing from Sendai I started with a visit to Yamadera Temple. From Sendai Station there are hourly trains heading west…
My second and final piece of sightseeing in Hiraizumi was at Chusonji Temple. Chusonji is Hiraizumi’s most popular attraction and like the rest of the…
While there are buses in Hiraizumi, I decided to walk from Motsuji Temple to my next destination in town. Part of this was because my…
From the Aoba Castle Ruins in Sendai I took a bus to Sendai Station to begin my sightseeing outside of the city. My first day…
After leaving the Zuihoden Mausoleum I caught a bus that took me over to the ruins of Aoba Castle. Sendai’s great castle was first built…