Nagoya 2019: Suntory Pop White Soda
Back in Nagoya I came across a vending machine that had a type of Japanese soda that I hadn’t tried yet. It was Suntory Pop…
Back in Nagoya I came across a vending machine that had a type of Japanese soda that I hadn’t tried yet. It was Suntory Pop…
At the end of the Oharaimachi shopping street is the entrance to the Inner Ise Shrine. Also known as Naiku, the Inner Shrine was founded…
After leaving Outer Ise Shrine I caught a bus across town and got off near the Inner Shrine. Much like other major shrines and temples…
My second day trip out of the city of Nagoya would take me down to Ise Shima, where I’d be visiting the famous Shinto shrines…
After a bit of a hiatus I am finally getting back to sharing more photos and stories from my 2019 trip to Japan and Korea.…
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My second destination within the Kiso Valley was the town of Magome. Like Tsumago, Magome is a former post town that sits on an old…
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…
The first of the two villages that I’d be visiting as part of my day trip from Takayama was Ainokura, in the Gokayama region of…
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…
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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…