Under the sea
21 November 2015
Walking from Honshu to Kyushu under the sea and then to the nearby Samurai town
Today I went under the sea to Kyushu. This is the first time I have ever been to one of the main Japanese islands other than Honshu. I then wander....
Raining tourists
19 November 2015
A day trip to Miyajima to hike Mount Misen
It has stopped raining from the sky! Instead I went to Miyajima where it was raining tourists by the boat load. I took a lot of photos whilst ther....
Flood
18 November 2015
A day trip to Iwakuni to walk over the bridge and see the castle
Now its really really raining. Enough for the streets to be flooded. At least flooded to the point they would be considered flooded in Adelaide, p....
Not a bad view
16 November 2015
A hiking day trip to Norosan near Hiroshima by train to Kawajiri station
Theres not a lot of mountains near Hiroshima, but I found them anyway. Todays mountain of sorts, was called Mount Noro, which is in Kure city sout....
Grey day on a bald mountain
13 November 2015
Hiking Fujiwaragatake in the Suzuka range near Nagoya
Its Friday the 13th. I cant quite provide a night on a bald mountain to celebrate, but I can instead go up a bald mountain on a very grey day. I s....
Long day at altitude
10 November 2015
Climbing Mount Gozaisho as a daytrip from Nagoya
Today was an excellent, long day. So long in fact that I was gone almost 12 hours. I opened google maps and scrolled around until I saw mountains.....
Mosquito mountain camera failure
7 November 2015
A day trip by train and bus to Mount Oyama
Enough of this not going up a mountain bullshit, I may still be sick sort of, but I am going anyway. I made my plan the night before, selecting my....
Rockfall
24 March 2015
Hiking Dobongsan in Bukhansan National Park
The last mountain! It was the most technically challenging, with lots of sheer rock faces to ascend with footholds and cables and opportunities to....
Yellow sand day
22 March 2015
Hiking Baegundae Bukhansan national park
Sorry to disappoint, but it is again mountain hike day. Todays hike was to Baegundae peak in the hugely popular Bukhansan national park, by far th....