I got back to Tokyo after dark and headed over to Mori Tower at Roppongi Hills to visit its observation deck. During my first trek…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Roppongi Hills Observation Deck
My final destination in the Chubu region of Japan was the city of Nagano. I would only be there for a short stay and the…
My time in Matsumoto was coming to an end all too soon and on my way back to my hostel I passed by Matsumoto Castle…
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It was a cold day in the mountains of central Japan but Matsumoto Castle wasn’t going to tour itself, so after getting ready for the…
I had spent so much time doing day trips out of Nagoya that I ended up only having time for a single bit of sightseeing…
My second day trip out of the city of Nagoya would take me down to Ise Shima, where I’d be visiting the famous Shinto shrines…
On my departure day I was able to see a bit more of Takayama before leaving and I started by walking down to the city’s…
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The first of the two villages that I’d be visiting as part of my day trip from Takayama was Ainokura, in the Gokayama region of…
It was late afternoon when I arrived in Takayama but because the town is up in the mountains the days there are a bit shorter…
It was time to bid farewell to Kanazawa so I grabbed my backpack from my hostel and headed to Kanazawa Station. The Tsuzumi-mon (Drum Gate)…
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