Kyoto 2017: Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺)
After doing a lot of sightseeing in central Kyoto I made my way over to the eastern part of the city to visit Ginkakuji Temple.…
After doing a lot of sightseeing in central Kyoto I made my way over to the eastern part of the city to visit Ginkakuji Temple.…
On my first full day in Kyoto I did some sightseeing in the central part of the city and one of the first places I…
On the day I left Kanazawa I did one last bit of sightseeing in the morning when I rode my bicycle down to the Nagamachi…
Continue reading → Kanazawa 2017: Nagamachi Samurai District (長町)
When I finished at the Kenrokuen Garden I walked across the street to Kanazawa Castle. The castle unfortunately is only partially complete because it has…
In the middle of Kanazawa is the Kenrokuen Garden, which is regarded as one of the best landscape gardens in Japan. The garden is right…
A long day of travel brought me from Sapporo up in Hokkaido down to the city of Kanazawa on the island of Honshu. The guesthouse…
Continue reading → Kanazawa 2017: Higashi Chaya District (東茶屋街)
While I was staying in Sapporo I took a train out to the coastal town of Otaru. There’s not too much to see in Otaru…
At the east end of Odori Park is the Sapporo TV Tower. As I was walking around Odori Park I decided I’d check out the…
Tomorrow I’ll be flying out to Tokyo to being my trek across Japan and South Korea. While I’m overseas I’m going to try and stay…
When I first arrived in Sapporo an intense rainstorm was passing through town but thankfully the next morning the clouds had cleared and I started…