Takamatsu castle and Ritsurin garden
9 November 2025
Touristing in the rain
Do you like photos of gardens? Do you like photos of castles? Do you like photos of castle gardens? If yes, then today is the day for you. There a....
Hiking on a non hiking day
6 November 2025
Mount Bizan and Tokushima castle
Today on my rest day, I did a small hike to the top of the small mountain in the middle of the city, Mount Bizan. It was wet, steep, mossy and pro....
Everywhere has a castle and a garden
17 April 2025
Suizenji garden and Kumamoto castle
Today I went to the things most people go to see in Kumamoto, Suizenji Koen and the local partially destroyed by recent earthquake but largely re-....
Castle delays
18 November 2024
Odawara castle
Japan is famous for its punctual trains. On this trip this has not been my experience. I have frequently been on delayed trains, delayed local tra....
A garden a castle and a coin laundry
9 November 2024
Kenroku-en and Kanazawa castle ruins
Today I went to 3 places. I have been to 2 of them before. The coin laundry I went to I have not been to before. The entire reason millions of we....
Being dry is overrated
2 November 2024
SCMaglev and railway park
Peak amount of rain. So much rain that the main bullet train line was briefly suspended. It is also a long weekend, so a lot of people that live i....
Over castled
16 November 2023
Himeji castle and Engyoji shrine
That all took longer than I thought, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Today I did 2.5 activities in Himeji. First the castle which I somehow ....
Castle of failure
15 November 2023
Hikone castle
Today was one of the biggest failures in all my travelling history. I got up at 5:45am to get the early train around lake Biwa, connecting to a lo....
Ruined sea of cloud
13 November 2023
Takeda castle ruins day trip
It took 2 trains to get there and 4 trains to get back. 2 hours there 3.5 hours back. It was raining but not enough for me to get wet. There was a....
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