Kyoto Travelogue – Arashiyama
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…
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…
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…
As you would expect from the largest karst plateau in Japan, Akiyoshidai has some big limestone caves. Three of them are well known and open to visitors, and I went to see the biggest one, Akiyoshido Cave. Nea…
Yamaguchi is home to Akiyoshidai, the largest karst plateau in all of Japan. It’s only about 30 minutes by car from Hagi, so we had a light breakfast and set off. As you’d guess from the name Yamag…
Iwakuni, right on the border between Yamaguchi and Hiroshima, has a bridge called Kintaikyo. It’s a wooden bridge built the traditional Japanese way, apparently made by joining timber to timber with hard…
I used the weekend for a quick trip to Yamaguchi. I was worried about traffic, so I left at 5 a.m., and luckily got there in just four hours. Once I crossed the prefectural border into Yamaguchi there wasnR…
These are photos I took when I went to see the fireflies in early summer. Ironically, my battery died, so I couldn’t get any shots of the fireflies themselves. Not that they would have come out well anyw…