Japan Korea 2019: The Journey North Begins!
After spending four days in and around Tokyo, I began the next leg of my journey across Japan and Korea. This part of the trip…
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Enoshima 2019: A quick visit to the island
It was about 4:30pm when I left Hasedera Temple in Kamakura and I wanted to try to get to the nearby island of Enoshima before…
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Kamakura 2019: Hasedera Temple (長谷寺)
Just down the street from the Great Buddha of Kamakura is Hasedera Temple. The temple is built on the slope of a wooded hill and…
Kamakura 2019: The Great Buddha (鎌倉大仏)
After arriving at Kamakura Station I walked through town to the Daibutsu, aka the Great Buddha. Kamakura is home to the second largest bronze Buddha…
Kamakura 2019: Engakuji Temple (円覚寺)
While I was staying in Tokyo I did a day trip down to the town of Kamakura (this was on the same day that I…
Tokyo 2019: Shibuya at Night
I didn’t quite feel like calling it a night after visiting Asakusa, so I took the subway across town to see Shibuya again. The entire…
Tokyo 2019: Asakusa at Night
When I left the sumo arena after they day’s tournament was over it was getting dark outside and I headed over to Asakusa to take…
Tokyo 2019: Afternoon Sumo Tournament Matches
I got back to the sumo arena just after 2:00pm and by then it was a completely different scene than what it had been earlier…
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Tokyo 2019: Visiting Ueno Park
After spending some time watching the morning sumo tournament matches I left the sumo arena to do a little sightseeing before returning for the afternoon…
Tokyo 2019: Morning Sumo Tournament Matches
Every September there is a two-week national sumo tournament held in Tokyo and when I was in the city last year I was fortunate enough…
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