Frankfurt to Tokyo
30 agosto, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Finally!!! After an additional 8 hours in Frankfurt airport, a long flight to Beijing, a hasty wheelchair through the airport, a connection to Tokyo with a vision of the perfect cone of Mt Fuji aboveLeggi altro
Tokyo Day 1
31 agosto, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Tokyo is enormous...we left the warm grey clouds to explore via the subway, visiting the Meiji ji Shinto shrine and park, acres of tropical woods with dark blue butterflies the size of your fist,Leggi altro
Tokyo Day 1 - part 2
31 agosto, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Shibuya Crossing, Shijuko, shrine, yakitori, the night
Tokyo Day 2
1 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Alps to Matsumoto
2 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Today we drove from Tokyo to Matsumoto via the Japanese Alps - the clouds covered most of Mt Fuji, its cone just occasionally peaking out, but of course notarized with snow, just grey and end ofLeggi altro
Matsumoto Castle, a post town and a ryokan
3 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Awake to roll up the futons and breakfast on fresh pastries and strange vending machine drinks in the castle park..Matsumoto Castle is from 1594 and is one of Japan's big ones - six wooden floors - ILeggi altro
Kiso valley towns to Kyoto
4 settembre, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Another interesting breakfast (Rico didn't even have rice this time), and off down to Kyoto via two more Edo-era post towns, mountain passes, waterfalls and woods - the Nakaswndo Trail connecting EdoLeggi altro
Kyoto, imperial capital..
5 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Kyoto, thousand-year capital, spiritual and cultural centre of Japan, storied and mythical, maybe a bit like ancient Rome - full of shrines and temples built by emperors and warlords, politicalLeggi altro
Kyoto - imperial capital 2
5 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Because there was so much beauty to see..
Kyoto temples 1
6 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Eva gave me the gift of a day of temples and shrines whilst the boys explored the railway museum, meeting us for lunch and a couple of final temples. Eva, me and The Boot walked all day amongstLeggi altro
Kyoto temples 2
6 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Kyoto temples 3
6 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
There is more..
Kyoto finally
6 settembre, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Eva was very kind...
Nara to Naruto
7 settembre, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Last two temples in Kyoto - one at Rico's request, one a little Insta-famous (overcrowded and a little underwhelming). Then on to Nara, the first fixed capital of Japan in around 700 - but only for 70Leggi altro
Whirlpools, rice fields, rain-green mountains
8 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
It poured tropical soft warm very wet rain...all green mountains, bright rice fields and wisps of cloud. We started with an onsen in the hotel overlooking Naruto Bridge, then slopped through the rainLeggi altro
Over the sea to Kyushu
9 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
A slow start in our mountain top home, after a night of tremendous storms, insects dropping from the wooden rafters, thunder rolling over the valley, rain so hard it felt as if we were sleeping underLeggi altro
Beppu's hells and old friends
10 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Beautiful onsen start to the day in Beppu, then a trip up the mountain ropeway which became a trip inside a cloud..Beppu is powered by geothermal activity, so steam gushes out of vents and chimneysLeggi altro
Memory lane in Miyakonojo
11 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Late brunch with the wonderful Jack and Yoko, with gorgeous daughter Wendy. Thoroughly spoilt, reiki and discussions til early afternoon. Then off to visit the school building where I lived and workedLeggi altro
Beaches, bento, rockets and dolls
12 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
A lovely day of friendship and experiences and stories.. Jack and Yoko took the day off and drove us to Uchinoura, Yoko's home town which I last visited 31 years ago. We stopped in the way at theLeggi altro
Kagoshima to Kumamoto
13 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A tearful but joyful farewell to the Stangs after such a wonderful, inspiring time 30 years later..then on to the glories of Sakurajima, a volcano in a blue sea of islands, surrounded by unearthlyLeggi altro
Samurai, beauty, history and horror of Nagasaki
14 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Starting in Kumamoto Castle, home of the samurai, magnificent on the outside, sadly only in Japanese in the museum inside - then off via the ferry to Shimabara and another volcano and more greens toLeggi altro
Nagasaki evening
14 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The 360 degree view from Mount Insa
The floating torii and red-capped Buddhas
15–22 set, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Leaving lively Nagasaki and its stunning natural setting, leaving the tropical wilds of Kyushu, to drive 5 hours back up on the long haul to Tokyo..We took the ferry over to Miyajima in Hiroshima BayLeggi altro
Red torii and buddhas 2
15 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Just too many photo opportunities...despite the tourists, there is still something very spiritual and special about this green island..
Hiroshima, Hijemi, drunk table tennis
16 settembre, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We drove off the island with its green and shrines and deer on a ferry to ourselves, en route to Hiroshima and its Peace Park and okonomiyaki. Then on through green, rain, mountains and rice fields toLeggi altro
Viaggiatore🥳 yeah - danke für die App ❤️❤️ freue mich so mit euch auf die Reise zu gehen 😍
ViaggiatoreWow, ich freue mich auch mit euch unterwegs zu sein!!! Good luck!