Travel
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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Outdoors & Sport
Walking through Kyoto
Kyoto is a great place to walk since the center of town is quite flat, the roads are built on a grid system which makes navigating easy and the road…
Outdoors & Sport
Kamogawa, Kyoto
The Kamo river (kamogawa) runs through Kyoto, historically providing an important water supply, but also now allowing people to relax and enjoy nature whilst still being in the heart of the city. It is said the rivers course was diverted to its current location when the palace was constructed in the 8th century when Kyoto was the Heian Capital.
Living in Japan
Early Morning Ebisu Walk
I was up early and decided to take a walk around Ebisu and towards Naka-Meguro. It was dark at the start and without a tripod some of the photos were a…
Travel
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…
Travel
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…
Travel
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…
Travel
Okage Yokocho, Ise
After visiting the shrines I walked back along Oharai-machi and Okage Yokocho, the old shopping streets that lead up to the Naiku. The buildings are all…
Photos
Tokyo Photo Walk 2
It was a great sunny day on "Sunday" with blue skies in Tokyo and I decided to take a walk from Shinagawa Station towards Tennozu Isle (where the monorail…
Photos
Ginza Weekend Walk
Ginza on a Sunday is one of the few places left to experience Hokousha-tengoku (歩行者天国), literally meaning 'pedestrians paradise', on a major Tokyo street…
Buildings
Bicycle Snack
As well as being big on technology, Japan has many world class architects and designers. Some of the design work is for buildings and public spaces…
Culture
Tokyo Rainbow Bridge Walk
On Sunday March 1st the Rainbow Bridge connecting Shibaura and Odaiba will be closed to allow the general public to walk across the bridge in a walk…