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…
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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…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Leaving Japan
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019: Imperial Palace Daijokyu Complex
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…
Continue reading → Hakone 2019: Doing it all again before departure
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.…