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Travel around Japan: Kyoto, Tokyo and beyond.
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Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture
Last year at the end of summer I visited to Suzumushi Temple in Arashiyama, Kyoto and also to Ishiyama Temple which is nearby, but in Otsu City, Shiga…
Huis Ten Bosch
At the end of last year I went on a trip to Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki. It is a theme park built towards the end of the economic bubble years in Japan, and…
Arashiyama, Kyoto
A beautiful sunny day in Arashiyama by the water. Arashiyama is a great place to take a day trip from central Kyoto and enjoy the mountains and Temples in…
Digital Book, Huis Ten Bosch
A friend introduced me to Canon's book printing service, PhotoPresso. I have tried a few photo book services before, but was quite surprised how easy the…
View from Japan
A lot of times, pictures of Japan show Tokyo and Kyoto with familiar images. Sometimes, it is nice to go to new places and see a different view. Here is a…
Bamboo Walk in Arashiyama
This is the bamboo walk in Arashiyama, from a photo earlier in the year. It is getting close to the end of the year and the weather is getting a little…
Kyoto View
It is always nice to climb the many towers that Japan has in each city and check out the view. I had some spare time when visiting Kyoto before catching…
Togetsukyo Bridge, Kyoto
Although the Autumn colors had almost fallen away from the trees, I took a short trip to Arashiyama, Kyoto. Arashiyama is a great place to visit to see…
Tenryu-ji Garden, Arashiyama
A stop at Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama in early December, on a clear, sunny day. The pond garden in front of the main hall was still holding on to some autumn…
The Ferry to Naoshima
Before I posted my photos from Naoshima , there was the trip across. I took the car ferry from Uno Port in Okayama over to Miyanoura, the main port on the…
Hokuriku Trip
I am in Hokuriku for 4 days and will be back in Tokyo by the weekend. In Hokuriku I am visiting Shirakawago and Gokayama, Toyama-Ken. In Kanazawa…
Nagamachi Samurai District, Kanazawa
In the early evening I walked to Nagamachi, where the Maeda family's samurai lived below the castle. The narrow lanes are lined with earthen walls and old…
Kanazawa Castle
Kanazawa Castle was the seat of the Maeda family, the richest lords in Japan after the Tokugawa. Much of it has been rebuilt using traditional methods…
Kanazawa City Walk
A day in Kanazawa, the old castle town on the Sea of Japan coast. I started with the view from my hotel and walked across the centre of town towards the…
Shikoku Gift Shops
Whilst in Shikoku I saw lots of gifts for bringing back. The most popular items seemed to be Udon (Sanuki Udon in particular) and anything with Sudachi in…
Shikoku Trip
I went on a trip to Shikoku recently and traveled around its 4 Prefectures of Kagawa-ken, Ehime-ken, Kochi-ken and Tokushima-ken. It was my first time to…
Kitano-cho, Kobe
On the last day of my Shikoku trip I crossed over to Kobe and spent a rainy Sunday walking around Kitano-cho, the hillside district above Sannomiya where…