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…
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Hakone 2019: Cruising Lake Ashinoko
When I got back to Togendai Station I went down to the pier to catch one of the sightseeing boats that cruises around Lake Ashinoko.…
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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Hakone 2019: Owakudani (大涌谷)
The rain had come to a stop when I woke up on my first morning in Hakone but it would resume before I headed out…
Hakone 2019: Hakone Shrine (箱根神社)
Right by Lake Ashinoko’s torii gate are the stairs leading up to Hakone Shrine. Tradition says that Hakone Shrine was first founded in the year…
Hakone 2019: Arrival in Hakone
At Nagano Station I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) that brought me down to Tokyo where I’d connect to another shinkansen bound for Odawara. Arriving…
Nagano 2019: My Haiku
My hostel in Nagano had a guestbook and within its pages I took the opportunity to once again flex my unrivaled haiku skills.
Nagano 2019: Black Vanilla Ice Cream
While I was in Nagano I had the pleasure of eating some black vanilla ice cream, which just might be my favorite flavor of Japanese…
Japan-Korea 2019: Real Gold
Having left Matsumoto behind, the next stop on my journey across Japan and Korea was going to be the city of Nagano. The train ride…
Matsumoto 2019: Passing by the castle one last time
My time in Matsumoto was coming to an end all too soon and on my way back to my hostel I passed by Matsumoto Castle…
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