Views from Mount Makuragi
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…
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…
I went to Jongno to stop by a bookstore, and while I was at it I paid a visit to Myeongdong Kyoja, the place that’s famous with Japanese tourists. Truth is, back when I had an office job, I was a fan of …
My Chuseok business trip this time was on such a tight schedule that I figured I wouldn’t have time to see my friends, but somehow a gap opened up the day before I left. We had to pick a place in a hurry…
The day before Chuseok I went out to Yeonan Pier. The main goals were to try the abalone ramyeon and to buy some seafood. Ever since I started university in Seoul, I haven’t really gone around Incheon be…
Incheon is my home turf, but honestly there aren’t many places here you could call great restaurants. I met up with my high school friends for the first time in a while, and while we were trying to figur…
Wine is really cheap in Japan. I bought a few bottles to share with friends, and while I was looking for a place to drink them, I heard there was a spot near Gangnam Station with free corkage, so I dropped by….
Over the last Chuseok holiday I came to Korea for a visit, for the first time in almost seven months. Someone I’m on friendly terms with seemed glad to see me back in Korea after so long and insisted on …
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…