Takayama 2019: Sugar Margarine Toast
During my journey across Japan and Korea I encountered many unusual items while shopping in local grocery stores and one of the oddest things was…
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Takayama 2019: Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine (櫻山八幡宮)
With my bus tour of Gokayama and Shirakawago concluded, I arrived back in Takayama in the late afternoon and before the sun went down I…
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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: Kenrokuen Garden (兼六園) at night
Kanazawa is home to the Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan’s premier landscape gardens, and on certain days in the autumn you can tour the garden…
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Kanazawa 2019: The walls of Kanazawa Castle
Much of Kanazawa Castle no longer exists but in the southern area of the castle you the old walls are still standing and a small…
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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…
Kanazawa 2019: Omicho Market (近江町市場)
As I arrived in the central part of Kanazawa the rain started coming down again and I ducked into the Omicho Market to dry off.…
Kanazawa 2019: Autumn colors along the Asano River
When I finished exploring the area around the Higashi Chaya District I started on my way towards the central part of Kanazawa. As I was…
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