Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Winter 2021
I got into a taxi after arriving in Kyoto. I had originally been thinking of going to Kiyomizu-dera, but the driver recommended Kinkaku-ji. He said they had recently re-applied the gold leaf. So I changed my d…
I got into a taxi after arriving in Kyoto. I had originally been thinking of going to Kiyomizu-dera, but the driver recommended Kinkaku-ji. He said they had recently re-applied the gold leaf. So I changed my d…
In Kyoto I picked a place to stay near the station. That has its upsides and its downsides. Shijo or Karasuma, where most of the sights are clustered, is the better base if you’re going to do serious sig…
Right in front of Comme’N there is a temple, and the autumn leaves were at their peak. This was December, but Japan is warm enough that you can still catch the leaves. Life is busy, so it is on a chance …
In case you are wondering what senbero is, it comes from sen-en = a thousand yen and bero = bero-bero, blind drunk: a shop where a thousand yen is enough to get you there. It means a cluster of down-to-earth i…
The queue I left in November, and the crowds had grown a lot. Back then I still thought the pandemic would be over soon.. instead it turned out I had caught the last train in. Duty-free shop They are still o…
Nothing special, just a batch of scenery shots. I keep putting them up figuring they might come in handy someday, but who knows.. Han River scenery Han River scenery Han River scenery A snake So there are …
Garak Market is a big market you can get to on a Ttareungi (Seoul’s public bike share). I went over on the weekend, partly for the exercise. Like this.. Having a car does make buying things a bit easier…
Nothing much to it, so I’ll keep it short.. Sky Sky Scenery Bridge Bridge Sky The Han River The Han River The Han River Level crossing We have places like this in Korea too.. this is over by Ha…
Just a collection of photos. Off to the Han River by bike.. The Banpo district Apartment blocks going up at a furious pace.. The Han River Saebit Dungdungseom, the floating islands The Han River The Han R…
Even if I go to Japan for a month.. two weeks of it are spent in quarantine, so there’s simply no room for traveling around or going out to eat. A bit of a shame, but that’s life.. Odaiba scenery …
Flying out of the country again.. and this time, genuinely not by choice, I could not get an economy seat booked, so I end up going business class.. Lotteria Huh.. so there was a place like this here.. this w…
Rainbow Sky Seoul Sky Sky It was a hot day.. …