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Kiso Valley 2019: Tsumago, Pt 2

My next stop in Tsumago was the Honjin, which was the town’s primary inn and was where government officials and other important visitors would stay.…

The next phase of my journey across Japan brought me down to the city of Nagoya. Much like Takayama, I would be using Nagoya as…

I was looking at my calendar and I realized that today, March 26, is my ten-year blogging anniversary. Ten years ago today I created a…

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…

During my journey across Japan and Korea I encountered many unusual items while shopping in local grocery stores and one of the oddest things was…

With my bus tour of Gokayama and Shirakawago concluded, I arrived back in Takayama in the late afternoon and before the sun went down I…

I got up early the next morning and returned to the Takayama bus station to get on a tour bus that would take me deeper…

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…

Most of the time when I was traveling between cities in Japan I would catch a ride on the country’s excellent train network, but when…

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)…