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Ginkaku-ji in Kyoto

The photos I took at Ginkaku-ji weren’t as colorful as you’d expect from Kyoto in autumn, so I’ve gathered them here separately. The garden Trees and moss Coins Autumn leaves Moss and fal…

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Autumn Scenery in Kyoto

I went to Kyoto over the weekend to see the autumn leaves. I’d say Kyoto might be the most beautiful city in Japan in autumn. Coming here really blew me away. Countless temples, their gardens dyed in eve…

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At the Oni-no-Shitaburui Gorge..

Autumn is getting deeper, so I thought I’d go see the fall colors and headed out for the weekend. I’d heard there’s a famous gorge called Oni-no-Shitaburui about an hour and a half away, so I…

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Notes from Hiroshima

I got back from Fukuoka early and wandered around the streets of Hiroshima. The main reason? This! The Legend of Ultraman exhibition It was on at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum. I’m a fan of the U…

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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 …

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Autumn Scenery

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…

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Climbing Mount Daisen

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…

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Sightseeing in Korea

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…

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Oki Islands – Day 2

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…

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Oki Islands – Day 1

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…

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Osaka/Kobe Travelogue

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…

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