Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 2
I continued the temple walk around Onomichi by hiking up the slope of the mountain to Senko-ji Temple. There’s a ropeway that visitors can take…
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Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 1
I had seen a decent amount of Hiroshima during my 2017 trip to Japan, so in 2019 I used it mainly as a base for…
Hiroshima 2019: Visiting the Peace Memorial Park again in the morning
Before leaving Hiroshima I found myself back at the Peace Memorial Park. A couple days earlier I had been there at night but this time…
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Hiroshima 2019: Hiroshima Castle (広島城)
I primarily used Hiroshima as a base for a long day trip to the town of Onomichi (which I’ll feature next week) but after I…
Hiroshima 2019: Peace Memorial Park at night (平和記念公園)
From Itoshima I took a midday train to Fukuoka and then had a 2-hour layover before boarding a shinkansen (bullet train) that would take me…
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Japan-Korea 2019: Onwards to Chugoku!
Having departed Itoshima, we have officially passed the halfway mark of my journey across Japan and Korea. Thus began the long, meandering trek back towards…
Itoshima 2019: One last visit to the beach
Getting out of bed on my final morning in Itoshima proved to be a difficult battle, both because of the previous day’s long cycling trip…
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Itoshima 2019: Coca-Cola Apple
At a supermarket in Itoshima I came across a flavor of Coca-Cola that I had never seen before. It was Coca-Cola Apple, and later I…
Itoshima 2019: The final sunset
On my last evening in Itoshima I went down to the beach again and this time I finally got something close to an actual sunset.…
Itoshima 2019: The long ride back
I had spent hours cycling around the Itoshima Peninsula but once I finished up at the wedded rocks of Futamigaura I needed to start the…
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