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Matsuyama 2019: Matsuyama Castle (松山城)

My first morning in Matsuyama began in an unusual way. While getting ready for the day I turned on the TV in my apartment to…

When my time in the Okayama region had come to an end I got on a train heading south to the island of Shikoku, which…

During my slow march westwards back towards Tokyo I made a few detours and soon I’ll be sharing photos and stories from the one that…

While I was exploring the Okayama region I was staying at a guesthouse in one of the suburbs just south of Okayama. Normally I don’t…

My cycling journey across the Kibi Plain continued as I steadily moved westward along the bicycle route (for part 1, see the previous post here).…

While I was in the Okayama region I traveled about 10 minutes north of the city to take a long bicycle ride across the Kibi…

The first of my two trips out of Okayama was to the town of Kurashiki, which is about 15 minutes east of Okayama by train.…

Okayama’s two largest attractions are conveniently right by each other so once I had left Okayama Castle I would only need to walk a short…

After my short stay in Bitchu-Takahashi I came down from the mountains to the city of Okayama in the southeastern part of Chugoku. Okayama is…

In the morning I set out to visit the main thing I had come to Bitchu-Takahashi to see: Matsuyama Castle, which is also known as…