GiapponeGenji Yama35°19’30” N 139°33’19” E
20–21 set 2024, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Our expedition to a spectacular Shinto shrine, a shopping street, and then a magnificent Buddhist temple in 95 degree heat with 90 % humidity led to Paula’s getting heat exhaustion. We had a greatLeggi altro
GiapponeShinshizuoka-eki34°58’37” N 138°23’6” E
22 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 81 °F
The second bay south of Yokohama’s harbor is Shimizu, still on Honshu Island. Here we started out seeing a historical castle owned by the Shogun who started the Meiji period in 1868 that openedLeggi altro
GiapponeNijōjōmae-eki35°0’46” N 135°45’1” E
23 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
After boarding our bus for the long drive over to Kyoto from Osaka, we were excited to see this city that has been described in several guides as the most beautiful of all Japanese cities. Niko-JoLeggi altro
Stati UnitiVolcano Cliffs 1 Water Well35°9’48” N 106°44’3” W
24 settembre 2024, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Osaka is the 3d largest city in Japan. It has an enormous harbor with the prerequisite Ferris wheel of almost all Japanese harbor cities.
As we approached this City of Bridges It was very apparentLeggi altro
GiapponeChiyori-chō Itchōme-eki33°33’30” N 133°33’23” E
25 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Our next stop was the only stop on the island of Shikoku, the smallest of the 4 main Japanese islands. We were a little burned out by the huge number of stairs involved in visiting castles, so we tookLeggi altro
26 settembre 2024 ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
After Kochi we sailed back to the island of Honshu (the largest Japanese island) to visit Hiroshima. Most of the tours centered around the atomic bomb devastation and their Peace Park. We were moreLeggi altro
GiapponeSakaiminato Ferry Port35°32’46” N 133°13’37” E
28 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Sakaiminotu is known for SHIGERU MIZUKI a famous creator of Youkai Monster manga game and was a MASTER of that genre. He died in 2015 at the age of 93 but has a street named after him in this smallLeggi altro
GiapponeNakahata36°25’38” N 136°56’11” E
29 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
After we explored the woodcarver’s town and temple, we were driven to this very old farming village with very steep pitched roofs made out of thick thatch. The drive there was up challengingLeggi altro
GiapponeFushiki-Toyama-kō36°48’13” N 137°3’52” E
29 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
We had some rough weather as we were arriving. It didn’t bother our ship much but the tugboats on arrival had a challenge. As we left the ship there was a welcoming committee awaiting us on theLeggi altro
GiapponeKodatsuno36°33’47” N 136°39’48” E 30 settembre 2024, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
This is our last stop on the west coast of Japan( Sakaiminato,Toyama and Kanazawa all are on the west coast) and unlike any other stop we saw a huge castle, beautiful gardens and very busy market-waitLeggi altro
