Daisetsuzan 2019: Steam Vents
At the base of the west side of Mt Asahidake are steam vents that are continuously spewing volcanic gases. A short trail leads up to…
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Daisetsuzan 2019: Approaching Mt Asahidake
When I arrived at the upper ropeway station the clouds around Mt Asahidake were largely gone and the sun was shining very brightly. Right outside…
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Daisetsuzan 2019: Asahidake Ropeway
At the Asahidake Onsen ropeway station I bought a roundtrip ticket and boarded the next gondola heading up to the heart of Daisetsuzan. Thankfully the…
Daisetsuzan 2019: Asahidake Visitor Center and Walking Path
I arrived at Asahidake Onsen in the evening and would be staying two nights there so that I’d have a full day at Daisetsuzan National…
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Hokkaido 2019: Patchwork Road (パッチワークの路)
My second stop in the region near Biei was at Patchwork Road. Like Panorama Road, Patchwork Road is not so much an individual road as…
Hokkaido 2019: Panorama Road (パノラマロード)
After escaping the city traffic of Sapporo I drove for a few hours deep into the interior of Hokkaido. The rain from the dying typhoon…
Sapporo 2019: When the typhoon caught up to me
I woke up the next morning to heavy rain outside the hostel. Back when I was in Nikko I had seen on the weather satellite…
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Sapporo 2019: Odori Park at Night
Continuing my journey north, I took an afternoon train from Hakodate up to Sapporo. Currently the shinkansen line doesn’t extend to Sapporo so the ride…
Hakodate 2019: Classic Trams
Hakodate has a simple tram network that runs through the city and while most of the trams have a more modern look there’s a small…
I’m Posting on Instagram Again!
Just in case you didn’t know, I have an Instagram account (@Ricardopedia) and this week I started regularly posting photos from last year’s trip to…
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