Seoul 2019: Coming down Namsan Mountain
When the martial arts performance that I was watching at the base of Seoul Tower came to an end I decided it was time come…
When the martial arts performance that I was watching at the base of Seoul Tower came to an end I decided it was time come…
With my time wandering around Daisetsuzan now over, I hiked to the ropeway station to ride the gondola back down to the lower station. For…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: Coming down the ropeway
Having come down from the slopes of Mt Asahidake due to bad weather, I stopped at the rest area by the steam vents for a…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: Wandering through the clouds
Near the steam vents on the west side of Mt Asahidake there’s a rest area that connects to the trail going up to the top…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: Climbing partway up Mt Asahidake
At the base of the west side of Mt Asahidake are steam vents that are continuously spewing volcanic gases. A short trail leads up to…
When I arrived at the upper ropeway station the clouds around Mt Asahidake were largely gone and the sun was shining very brightly. Right outside…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: Approaching Mt Asahidake
On my second day of sightseeing from Sendai I started with a visit to Yamadera Temple. From Sendai Station there are hourly trains heading west…
Right in the middle of Nikko’s World Heritage Sites is a short road that’s one of my favorite places in Nikko. It’s a straight path…
One of the nice things about the hostel I was staying in during my visit to Nikko was that it was right by the river,…
I arrived in the mountain town of Nikko late in the day after first taking a shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo Station to the city…