All in a single day
14 November 2025
Okayama Castle Korakuen and Kurashiki
I knocked off all 3 of the tourist attractions in Okayama before 2pm. Notes here will be brief as there are a lot of photos (again). First up was ....
Touristing in the rain
9 November 2025
Takamatsu castle and Ritsurin garden
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....
Formerly longest
2 November 2025
Sorakuen and Akashi Kaikyo
Today was a rest day so I woke up and immediately climbed a hill. Google tells me this was called Suwayama park. It was quite overgrown and a lot ....
Stop and smell the roses
29 October 2025
Jindai botanical gardens
Rest day today, to celebrate I went to one of the rose gardens of Japan, and it was in full bloom, signs told me so from miles around. Getting th....
So many ticket options to ignore
26 April 2025
Botanic gardens and gardens by the bay
Last day to do anything in Singapore, so I went to 2 boring gardens and did not pay any of the entry fees to any of the attractions. Perfect. Fir....
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-....
Old and grey
30 March 2025
Nan Lian garden
Both me, and Hong Kong are old and grey. I feel old today, stiff, sore, making groaning noises when I bend over or get out of a chair etc. 3 fligh....
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....
Time to get cultural
4 November 2024
Shirotori garden
Actually yesterday was officially culture day, but the shrine district was still going off on the holiday Monday with small children forced into c....
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