Inujima Art Park is located roughly 90-120 minutes from Okayama and requires you to catch a train, bus and ferry... read all

Okayama is 90KM's, 21 tunnels or 20 minutes from Himeji via the Nozomi (Express) Shinkansen. The town itself is mainly known Korakuen Gardens... read all

Himeji is around 180 minutes from Tokyo via the Nozomi (Express) Shinkansen and is often seen as an obligatory stop due to Himeji Castle... read all

Engyogi Temple has a history of over 1000 years, but is more known as one of the sets from The Last Samurai... read all

Tenkawa is a part of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, located at southern Nara... read all

I went to Japan for 2nd time last November for a short 6 day trips.Don't have time to properly built up an itinerary, I decided to buy the Kinstetsu Wide 5 day pass... read all

Both Tsumago and Magome are old postal towns in the Kiso valley that followed the Nakasendo Road between Kyoto and Tokyo... read all

The Tokaido is one of the five oldest road in Japan. Its name is after the fact that the road travelled along the sea coast from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto... read all

Since google is already flooded with pictures of Miyajima, here is a picture of the Genbakuen musuem... read all

Stone for unchangeable wisdom of ages, paper for floating easiness of tonight... Temple and drinkery... read all

Ito is around 2 hours from Tokyo via Odoriko Express train and can be described as being a world away from central Tokyo. As I can easily reach here within 90 minutes from Yokohama, I've visited this small but amazing town almost countless read all

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Kagaya Ryokan @ Wakura Onsen read all

As I was staying opposite the Imperial Palace and got back late to my hotel on Saturday night, I decided to complete a smaller walk on Sunday... read all

Yesterday, I posted the first section of my walk through Arashiyama which is 17 minutes from Kyoto station on the San-In line... read all

Arashiyama is in the North Western mountains of Kyoto and is well known for it's autumn colours. It's 17 minutes between Kyoto Station and Saga-Arashiyama station on the San-In line... read all

After a very busy day visiting Arashiyama earlier in the day, I decided to visit Tofukuji, Choin-in & Shoren-in temple in the late afternoon and evening... read all

This is Shiodome. A model case of modern urban developmen... read all

Showa Memorial Park is located a little over 30 minutes by train from Shinjuku station. As the park is so large - there are a number of stations to choose from... read all

Kofu is around 90 minutes from Shinjuku station in Tokyo and is the capital of Yamanashi prefecture. It seems as though this town is off the grid for Western tourists... read all