Hakone 2019: A quick ride to finish the day
It was late in the afternoon when I left the Hakone Checkpoint and went back to Hakone-machi to catch a short ride on one of…
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Hakone 2019: Arrival in Hakone
At Nagano Station I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) that brought me down to Tokyo where I’d connect to another shinkansen bound for Odawara. Arriving…
Kyoto 2019: Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社)(Third Visit)
Lol, it’s true, I went back to Fushimi Inari Shrine a third time before leaving Kyoto. It was getting late in the afternoon and I…
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Kyoto 2019: Walking through Senbon Torii
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I figured I’d share a video that I took with my phone while walking through Senbon Torii at Fushimi…
Kyoto 2019: Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) (Second Visit)
On my second full day in Kyoto I had visited Fushimi Inari Shrine in the hopes of getting a nice photo of the shrine’s famous…
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Kyoto 2019: Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) (First Visit)
Down in the southern half of Kyoto is the Fushimi Inari Shrine, the most famous Shinto shrine in the city which is home to thousands…
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Miyajima 2019: One last walk around Miyajima
At some point overnight the continuous rainfall finally came to an end and after I woke up the next morning and took a look outside…
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Miyajima 2019: Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社)
Easily the most famous attraction on Miyajima is Itsukushima Shrine. If you’ve seen just about any tourism material for Japan it very likely had a…
Miyajima 2019: A rainy morning in Miyajima
The next morning I awoke to the sounds of heavy rainfall. In 2017 a major rainstorm had passed through while I was on Miyajima and…
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Miyajima 2019: Wandering around at night
I had arrived on Miyajima late in the day but I was spending the night there and got to see the island after dark. The…
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