One of the few mountainous stretches just next to Osaka City is the one between Ikeda city and Mino city... read all

I visited the prefectures of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki in a week-long vacation to Southern Kyushu... read all

I visited the prefectures of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki in a week-long vacation to Southern Kyushu... read all

I visited the prefectures of Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Miyazaki in a week-long vacation to Southern Kyushu. The first place I visited was Kagoshima City, Kagoshima... read all

Tokae, the light up event on Nara city area this year started from August 5 to 14... read all

he lavender fields of Hokkaido are famous across Japan and popular with tourists, but for those of us who can't make the long journey to Hokkaido to see these flowers... read all

If there is one thing Japan has in abundance - it's different types of accommodation. There are minshuku's, ryokan's, business hotels, love hotels, normal hotels, shukubo's and even pensions just to name a few... read all

For most people who have travelled Japan, they know that the food can be amazing if you know where to look... read all

For my last full day of touring in Japan before I made my way back to Narita, I decided to drive 60 minutes from Shingu to the last of the three main Kumuno shrines... read all

For today I travelled a whole 15 minutes by train from Kii-Katsuura to my next location of Shingu which is mainly known for the Hayatama Taishia Grand Shrine... read all

For today, I continued my trip along the Kunamo Kodo in Wakayama prefecture by visiting Nachi Taisha which is one of the three main shrines along the Kumano pilgrimage route... read all

I went to Atami with my friends.
I'm glad to take hot springs... read all

After spending two nights in Wakayama city I made the 70 minute train journey to the gateway of the Kumano Kodo... read all

Wakayama is a sprawling city which is only 1 hour from Shin-Osaka station by aptly hourly express trains... read all

Tottori city is easily over 6 hours from Tokyo via express train and Shinkansen and life is much slower here than the major cities in Kanto and Kansai... read all

When I was in Kinosaki Onsen, I went on a small half day trip to the old castle town of Izushi... read all

After spending a night at Yamanaka Onsen, I'm making my way down to Kinosaki Onsen in Hyogo Prefecture... read all

For today, I visited Yamanaka Onsen which is one of the four onsen towns based around Kaga Station... read all

Do you like goldfish? How about goldfish lit by neon lights in interesting aquariums? The Art Aquarium is a annual, multi-city event from the mind of Hidetomo Kimura... read all

In the small town of Kanna up in the mountains of Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture is an annual koi-no-bori matsuri... read all