Mount Koya 2019: Leaving Koyasan
When I exited Okunoin Temple it was around 5:00pm and I knew it was time to start the long journey back to Osaka. I took…
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Mount Koya 2019: Exploring Koyasan, Pt 2
From the Garan I continued further west through Koyasan, enjoying the autumn colors as I walked along the main street of the village. Along the…
Mount Koya 2019: The journey to Koyasan
Most of my time during my three-night stay in Osaka would actually be spent outside the city, and on my first morning I walked down…
Bitchu-Takahashi 2019: Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle (松山城)
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…
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Bitchu-Takahashi 2019: Arrival in town
After finishing up at Matsue Castle I departed Matsue in the early afternoon and headed deep into the interior of the Chugoku region of Japan.…
Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 3
For my last couple of hours in Onomichi I wandered around visiting temples in the eastern part of the city (for the previous posts on…
Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 2
I continued the temple walk around Onomichi by hiking up the slope of the mountain to Senko-ji Temple. There’s a ropeway that visitors can take…
Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 1
I had seen a decent amount of Hiroshima during my 2017 trip to Japan, so in 2019 I used it mainly as a base for…
Busan 2019: Beomeosa Temple (범어사)
On my first full day in Busan I slept in but once I was up and going I started my sightseeing at Beomeosa Temple. To…
Suwon 2019: Hwaseong Fortress, Part 1
Suwon’s biggest attraction is Hwaseong Fortress, which formed the walls that surrounded the old city. Hwaseong’s walls were finished in 1796 and they remain a…
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