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Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Leaving Japan

After nearly 3 months of wandering around Japan and Korea, it was finally time to return to America. My 2019 trip had been an epic…

It was getting into the late afternoon as I got close to the Sea Candle tower in the middle of Enoshima. I had already gone…

After exiting the Iwaya Caves I came across Enoshima’s love bell. Couples that visit here will ring the love bell together and then put their…

Down on the southern shore of Enoshima is a long stretch of flat rocks at the water’s edge. On calm days visitors can walk around…

I arrived at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo intending to take a walk through the palace’s East Gardens but when I got to the eastern…

Right next to Shibuya Station is a large intersection known as Shibuya Crossing. Each time the traffic is halted a couple thousand people cross the…

When I got up in the morning on my departure day from Hakone I had two choices: I could either leave for Tokyo now, or…

While I was taking shelter from the storm up at Owakudani I bought a bag of Hakone Black Eggs. There are pools of water near…

At Hakone-machi I got off the sightseeing boat to pay a visit to the reconstruction of the Hakone Checkpoint. Hakone used to be on an…

When I got back to Togendai Station I went down to the pier to catch one of the sightseeing boats that cruises around Lake Ashinoko.…