The temple run
1 November 2017
Exploring every Kyoto temple and shrine on foot
Now I am in Osaka, its only 30 minutes from Kyoto on the cheap $5 train. Therefore, I had time to visit all the temples in Kyoto this morning befo....
Thwarted
31 October 2017
The Kurama to Kibune hike was blocked by typhoon damage
Thwarted is one of my favourite words. Normally because I use it to describe how I prevented someone else from achieving their nefarious goals. To....
Better than forecast
29 October 2017
The temples and shrines of Gion
The rain vanished at about 5:30pm, thats a full 2.5 hours ahead of the forecast. I was convinced I would be getting wet again when I looked out th....
Rain concentrator
29 October 2017
Fog covers Fushimi Inari shrine
My rain dodging days have come to an end, today I was the single focal point of all the rain in the world. I knew there would be a lot of rain, I ....
Drowning in a sea of tissues
28 October 2017
Sunpu castle and the view from the hills over Shizuoka
Right now I am on the train to Kyoto, a roughly 2 hour trip from Shizuoka on the slow train, and I wished I was on the fast train or walking. You ....
Second opinion
27 October 2017
Good cheap ramen in Shizuoka
My first night in Shizuoka, I thought it was all a bit quiet and boring. Then last night I went to a new level of quiet and boring at the other en....
Train to mountain stroll ropeway beach bus
27 October 2017
Hiking up and over Kunozantoshogu in Shizuoka
Today I took a train, walked through the city then strolled up a small mountain, took in the view of Fuji, hopped on a short ropeway ride across a....
No mountain
25 November 2015
Shopping markets and shrines in Fukuoka
Surprise! Tomorrow I start a 30 hour journey home, which means I should be up a mountain today, but I am not. Multiple reasons, its raining a litt....
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....
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