Jeju Island: Life on the Road
About 55 miles south of the Korean mainland is the island of Jeju. A friend of mine who used to live in Korea had suggested…
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Busan: East to West
I’m not sure how KTX trains in Korea compare to the shinkansen trains of Japan, but one thing they definitely have in common is punctuality.…
Seoul & The DMZ: Past & Present
From Fukuoka to Incheon International Airport is about a one hour, twenty minute flight; long enough to mentally practice basic Korean words and phrases and…
Fukuoka: Stopover
My cycling adventure in Itoshima had delayed my departure from there until the afternoon and left me very tired, to the point that I nearly…
Itoshima: The Boondocks of Japan
I was getting closer to my flight from Japan to Korea but there was still a little time left. From Nagasaki I used my rail…
Nagasaki: Western Influences
With my plans for Miyajima washed away in the rain, I returned to Hiroshima Station earlier than originally planned and continued my journey west across…
Miyajima: The Floating Torii
From my hostel in Hiroshima I took the tram to Hiroshima Station and then began the short trip to the island of Miyajima. A train…
Hiroshima & Himeji: Destruction & Splendor
At Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka I purchased a reservation for my shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. The shinkansen was set to depart Osaka at 1:09pm,…
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Osaka & Nara: The Running Man & The Deer
It only takes about 30 minutes to get to Osaka from Kyoto by train. Because of their relatively close proximity it’s certainly possible to visit…
Kyoto: Cultural Capital
From Kanazawa I set out for Kyoto, the old capital of Japan and a city that is probably second only to Tokyo in terms of…
