Hakone 2019: Hakone Checkpoint (箱根関所)
At Hakone-machi I got off the sightseeing boat to pay a visit to the reconstruction of the Hakone Checkpoint. Hakone used to be on an…
Hakone 2019: Sengokuhara Pampas Grass Field (仙石原すすき草原)
Having come down from Owakudani, I next caught a bus that took me a few minutes down the road to the Sengokuhara Pampas Grass Field.…
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Japan-Korea 2019: The Return to Kanto
We’re now down to the last week of my 2019 journey and it was at this point that I finally came back to the Kanto…
Ten-Year Blogging Anniversary
I was looking at my calendar and I realized that today, March 26, is my ten-year blogging anniversary. Ten years ago today I created a…
Takayama 2019: Arrival in Takayama
It was late afternoon when I arrived in Takayama but because the town is up in the mountains the days there are a bit shorter…
Takayama 2019: The road to Takayama
Most of the time when I was traveling between cities in Japan I would catch a ride on the country’s excellent train network, but when…
Kanazawa 2019: Leaving Kanazawa
It was time to bid farewell to Kanazawa so I grabbed my backpack from my hostel and headed to Kanazawa Station. The Tsuzumi-mon (Drum Gate)…
Kanazawa 2019: Ozaki Shrine (尾崎神社)
A few blocks south of the Omicho Market I saw a small shrine at the end of a road and I decided to take a…
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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Kyoto 2019: Leaving Kyoto
After five nights and an absurd amount of sightseeing it was time to leave Kyoto and continue my trek across Japan. In the mid-afternoon I…
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