A Trip to Izumo
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…
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…
The weather was nice for once, so I decided to go up a mountain near my place. It’s called Daisen. A shot from the road to Daisen. On the way I stopped by the Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography. He’…
Driving home on the expressway from Kanazawa, I ended up passing through Kyoto. I had a bit of time, so I decided to wander around the city for a while. After circling downtown a few times, I stopped at a book…
I got into Kanazawa late the night before, found a place to stay, and was out walking around from the morning. Kanazawa has a simple layout, with the main sights lined up more or less in a straight line. You j…
The 17th was Marine Day, a public holiday in Japan too. It was a rare three-day weekend, so I just hit the road with no plan at all. The destination was Kanazawa, about 500 km away. That’s roughly Seoul …
I went to the Adachi Museum of Art, one of the few tourist attractions in Shimane Prefecture, where I live. It shows modern Japanese artworks gathered by a private collector named Adachi, and the quality of th…
On the morning of day two I met up with a friend who lives in Tokyo, for the first time in ages. We were both so busy that morning was the only time we could meet, so we decided to drop into a hotel nearby and…
At noon on day one I arrived at the Chisun Hotel, a business hotel in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo. It’s close to Haneda Airport and cheap too, so I saw plenty of Korean guests. I didn’t have time to go any…