Tokyo 2019: Krispy Kreme donuts
Near the giant Godzilla head in Shinjuku I noticed a Krispy Kreme store. It had been years since I had visited a Krispy Kreme in…
Tokyo 2019: Godzilla head and Godzilla Store
In Shinjuku you can find Godzilla peaking its head over the top of the Hotel Gracery. The building also houses a Toho Cinemas, which is…
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Tokyo 2019: Tokyo Robot Restaurant
The main event for my third night in Tokyo was a show at the Tokyo Robot Restaurant. Located about a quarter mile northeast of Shinjuku…
Tokyo 2019: Sensoji Temple at night
When you reach Hozomon Gate at the end of the Nakamise shopping street you have arrived at Sensoji Temple. This is the oldest temple in…
Tokyo 2019: Kaminarimon and Nakamise at night
On my arrival night for my second visit to Tokyo I spent a couple hours in Asakusa, starting by the Sumida River and then moving…
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Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
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…
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Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 2
Continuing my exploration of Ogimachi, I walked some more through the parts of the village with the most gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Everything was still wet from…
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Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 1
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.…
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Kanazawa 2019: Higashi Chaya District (東茶屋街)
It would be raining on-and-off for my entire first day in Kanazawa. Seeing as how there was nothing that could be done about the weather,…
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Japan-Korea 2019: We’re not skipping Chubu!
Time was rapidly running out on my 2019 journey but I still had a number of places to visit and for a bit over a…
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