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…
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’…
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 couldn’t find any restaurant in Hagi in the guidebooks that looked especially good (cheap and tasty), so I booked a ryokan that serves meals. Even where I live, the cheap, tasty places rarely make it i…