Notes from Fukuoka
I used the weekend to go to Fukuoka. I left at 3 a.m., got to Hiroshima at 7, and took the shinkansen to Hakata Station in Fukuoka, arriving at 9. I didn’t get back to the hotel until after midnight and …
I used the weekend to go to Fukuoka. I left at 3 a.m., got to Hiroshima at 7, and took the shinkansen to Hakata Station in Fukuoka, arriving at 9. I didn’t get back to the hotel until after midnight and …
Here are a few autumn photos I took over the weekend. The days have already gotten a lot shorter. It is well and truly autumn. If I can find the time, I would love to make a trip to Kyoto.. I took these at a p…
It was Health and Sports Day in Japan, so I had the day off. To look after my health a bit, I went up Mount Daisen, the hill out back in my neighbourhood -_- The autumn sky is clear. It comes out this blue ev…
This is the station in front of my place. I just snapped it as I was setting off. Waiting on the platform for a train to Yongsan… What I like about Incheon is that the trains don’t run undergroun…
The Oki Islands are made up of five large islands. On day two we set off early in the morning for the next island. Saigo Port Photos like this make me want to shoot with a Carl Zeiss lens. The sparkling morni…
I went to a place called the Oki Islands. They’re about 70 km off the Japanese mainland, something like Ulleungdo back in Korea. The scenery is stunning enough to be part of a national park, but apart fr…
Here are some scenery shots from my weekend in Osaka and Kobe. I’ll post the food photos later ^_^ We got to Osaka Castle Park on Sunday morning. As you can see, the weather was fantastic. The weather w…
I took a trip to Izumo, the city of myths. My main reason for going was to see a KOKIA concert. She’s cute in person. Great singer, great talker too… When KOKIA debuted she was a singer-songwriter…
Matsue is a place with a lot of history, even by Japanese standards. That’s because Izumo, the main stage of Japan’s founding myths, is right next door. You could say it’s a bit like Gyeongju…
This week, like every week, I went off on a weekend trip. The theme this time was touring the nearby sights I hadn’t been to yet. The weather was gorgeous from the morning on. Pines at Yushien, a Japane…
After a night in Okayama, we head for Naoshima. The sea between Japan’s main island and Shikoku is called the Seto Inland Sea, and Naoshima is one of the countless islands in it. It’s an island fam…
Over the weekend I went to Okayama, about three hours by car from my place. Okayama started out as a fairly small town, but it became well known as a transport hub linking Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku with Toky…