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Himeji 2019: Kokoen Garden (好古園)

Right next to Himeji Castle is the Kokoen Garden, which was where I started my sightseeing in Himeji. I had visited this garden during my…

Having left Shikoku behind, I crossed back to the island of Honshu and returned to Okayama where I caught a shinkansen heading east. A littler…

From Mt Yashima I took public transit across town to reach the Takamatsu ferry port for my planned sightseeing on nearby Ogijima Island. On my…

My second sightseeing stop in Ozu was at the city’s castle. Ozu Castle is on a hilltop above the Hijikawa River and was first constructed…

My first morning in Matsuyama began in an unusual way. While getting ready for the day I turned on the TV in my apartment to…

When my time in the Okayama region had come to an end I got on a train heading south to the island of Shikoku, which…

After my short stay in Bitchu-Takahashi I came down from the mountains to the city of Okayama in the southeastern part of Chugoku. Okayama is…

In the morning I set out to visit the main thing I had come to Bitchu-Takahashi to see: Matsuyama Castle, which is also known as…

The next morning I returned to Matsue Castle to see it one more time before I left Matsue. I had seen some of the castle…

When I got back to Matsue from Izumo the rain was still coming down and I stayed indoors for about an hour until it stopped.…