I got back to Tokyo after dark and headed over to Mori Tower at Roppongi Hills to visit its observation deck. During my first trek…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Roppongi Hills Observation Deck
Before leaving Ogimachi I crossed the river that runs along the west end of the village and went over to the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen. This is…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
The second stage of my bus tour through the mountains of central Japan brought me to the region of Shirakawago and the village of Ogimachi.…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 1
In the morning I rode a train to the eastern end of Takamatsu and got off close to Mt Yashima. I was there to visit…
Just a couple minutes walk from Izumo Taisha is the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo. As you can guess by the name, the museum is…
Continue reading → Izumo 2019: Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo (島根県立古代出雲歴史博物館)
Up on a hill in the eastern part of Dazaifu is the Kyushu National Museum. This is the newest of Japan’s four national museums, having…
Continue reading → Dazaifu 2019: Kyushu National Museum (九州国立博物館)
Around mid-afternoon I paid a visit to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum. There are actually two museums inside the building—a history museum and an art museum—and…
Continue reading → Naha 2019: Okinawa Prefectural Museum (沖縄県立博物館)
We stepped out of the cathedral to find the rain was still coming down, but we didn’t have to go far to reach our next…
For our last bit of sightseeing of the day, we went to the branch of the National Museum of Rome that’s next to Termini Station…
Continue reading → Rome 2018: National Museum of Rome (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme)
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