Onuma Park (大沼公園) 2019, Part 2
When I finished up in the main part of Onuma Park I had some time until I needed to return to Hakodate, so I decided…
Onuma Park (大沼公園) 2019, Part 1
At Hakodate Station I caught a local train heading north and got off about 12 miles (20 km) later at Onumakoen Station. For the rest…
Lake Chuzenji 2019: Walking the North Shore
It takes a few minutes to walk down the road from Ryuzu Falls to the north shore of Lake Chuzenji and thankfully the rain was…
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Lake Chuzenji 2019: British and Italian Embassy Villas
A little further south from Chuzenji Temple are the former villas of the British and Italian ambassadors to Japan. During the Meiji Restoration era several…
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Lake Chuzenji 2019: Chuzenji Temple
With thick fog obscuring Kegon Waterfall, I returned to Chuzenjiko Onsen and then started going south along the east side of the lake. Though the…
Nikko 2017: Lake Chuzenji (中禅寺湖)
In the afternoon I took a bus out to Lake Chuzenji, which is about six miles west of Nikko, higher up into the mountains. I…
April 2019: Onuma Park, Japan (大沼公園)
Today may be April Fool’s Day but this post is no prank. Being the first day of the month, I’ve updated this website’s header image…
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