Kyoto Travelogue – Tenryu-ji Garden
Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama (天龍寺 in kanji) is a temple with such a deep history that it’s registered as a World Heritage Site. I’d heard the autumn leaves in its Japanese garden were gorgeous, so I wen…
Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama (天龍寺 in kanji) is a temple with such a deep history that it’s registered as a World Heritage Site. I’d heard the autumn leaves in its Japanese garden were gorgeous, so I wen…
Following last year, I went to Kyoto again this year. The main goal was to finally see Arashiyama, which I didn’t make it to last year. I’d heard people say you can’t talk about autumn in Kyo…
I spent yesterday and today on a two-day trip to Kyoto, and Vista went and wiped out all the photos I’d worked so hard to take. I’m still in shock. I managed to recover a few, but not a single rest…
I was meant to post these photos two years ago and am only getting around to it now. The information is old, so things may well have changed since — keep that in mind. Motor show season has already come around…
Continued from Part 1. Let me take a moment to explain the rules I follow for my posts. I don’t record every single place I visit. Rather than a travel log of what was at the first stop, what was at the …
The biggest problem with country life is that there’s not much to do on weekends. Of course, you can always find things to do, and I’ve always had a real knack for making work for myself -_-; so it…
Mount Makuragi is about 12 km by car from where I live. When something is that close you somehow never bother going, so I had never taken photos there, but this time I made the time and went. It’s a moun…
Lately I’ve been making a real effort to go out and photograph the places nearby I still haven’t been to. Why does it take a real effort? Because they’re hard to get to by car. I walked for a…
This is the scene during hanabi, the fireworks festival. This year I couldn’t be bothered, so I took just this one shot. Lake Shinji, view 1 You can see Yomegashima, whose name means “bride’…
I’ve been busy with one thing and another lately, and my computer has been acting up, so I haven’t had much chance to post. Since I’m doing food posts anyway, I’m going to put up a whol…
I went to Jongno to stop by a bookstore, and while I was at it I paid a visit to Myeongdong Kyoja, the place that’s famous with Japanese tourists. Truth is, back when I had an office job, I was a fan of …
My Chuseok business trip this time was on such a tight schedule that I figured I wouldn’t have time to see my friends, but somehow a gap opened up the day before I left. We had to pick a place in a hurry…