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Making Paper at the Mino Washi Museum
From the Akari Art Gallery in town, it is a short trip up the valley to the Mino Washi Museum (Mino Washi no Sato Kaikan), the main museum for Mino's…
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Mino Washi Akari Art Gallery
Mino in Gifu Prefecture has been making washi, traditional Japanese paper, for centuries. Hon-minoshi paper from Mino is one of the three washi traditions…
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Udatsu Streets of Mino
Mino's old town is one of the best preserved merchant districts in Gifu. The streets are lined with wooden houses from the Edo and Meiji periods, many…
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Mino Bridge on the Nagara River
A short walk north of Mino's old udatsu streets , the Nagara River runs wide and clear past Mino Bridge (美濃橋). Completed in 1916, it is the oldest modern…
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Enoshima at Night
Enoshima is a small island off the Shonan coast in Kanagawa, joined to the mainland by a bridge. A local train on the Odakyu line to Katase-Enoshima…
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Indoor Skydiving at FlyStation, Koshigaya
FlyStation Japan, in Koshigaya, Saitama, is an indoor skydiving wind tunnel. Flyers float on a column of fast air inside a glass-walled chamber, with no…
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Mt Fuji and the Lakes in Golden Week
Golden Week brings clear spring days around the Fuji Five Lakes, with snow still on the summit of Mt Fuji and pink blossoms out lower down. Most of these…
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Capsule Hotel rest at Narita Airport
If you arrive early at Narita Airport for your flight, you can get a quick nap and a shower before you board the plane keeping you super fresh for the…
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Sunflowers on Awajishima
Nice to be out in the sunshine for a bicycle ride on the island of Awajishima near Sumoto. I came across these wonderful sunflowers which brightened up…
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Biwako Cycling
I have been cycling around Lake Biwa in Shiga-ken for the last 3 days. The trip covered 160km and passed through some wonderful scenery. I didn't manage…
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Moss Ocean House, Yakushima
I stayed at Moss Ocean House on Yakushima recently for 3 days and enjoyed a combination of warm ocean breezes with great views, rainy trekking in the…
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Yakushima Sunrise
I took a 3 day trip to Yakushima and came back with a few nice photos. Here are some rocks on the beach with a nice sunrise at Yakushima on my birthday.
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Kyoto Aquarium
After the steam locomotives, I walked across Umekoji Park to the Kyoto Aquarium. It opened in 2012, so it was still quite new, and it was busy with…
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Shuri Castle, Okinawa
A December afternoon at Shuri Castle in Naha, the old royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The bright red main hall is very different from castles on the…
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View from Shizuoka
Sometimes you just have to sit back and take in the view as you are traveling by
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Kiyomizudera in June
A morning at Kiyomizudera in June. It was the rainy season, with big clouds over the hills and everything a deep green. It was…
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Temple Mail in Teramachi
Thought it was interesting to see the postman rush down on his bike through the Temple to deliver the mail.