Gatwick Airport
29 сентября 2025 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Window shopping! ☕
Shanghai airport
30 сентября 2025 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Someone put a sticker on me somewhere in the International Transfer lane
Tokyo
30 сентября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Arrived at Imano hostel at 11:30pm in a pre-booked car from Narita Airport.
ПутешественникHaha Olwen all quite nice.. clockwise from top left, slice of rolled chicken with potato salad, sweet brown liquid with sweet brown lumps, water, tasty pork in a sauce with rice, small gooey sweet dumpling with sweet green filling
Shinjuku, Tokyo
1 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
I arrived at Imano hostel at 11:30pm in a pre-booked car from Narita Airport. I had a hostel breakfast with a Malaysian family, mum and two teenage girls.
Top priority today was buying a ticket forЧитать далее
ПутешественникLooks fascinating. How funny that the local colour scheme is monochrome.
Imperial Palace and Ueno Park
2 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The Imperial Palace East gardens occupy the site of the Edo era palace that burned down. A few sections still stand, and it was a really interesting half day. Lunch was a meat and egg supermarketЧитать далее
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I simply can't read the word 'carp' without sniggering. (Utz)
Kyoto and the bullet train
3 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
I was excited about the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Kyoto. It's ok to eat on the train if it's the Shinkansen, so I bought an Ekibento (train bento box). We moved fast, but I had no sensation of 285Читать далее
Kyoto palace and temples
4 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Kyoto's Imperial Palace was rebuilt in 1869 in traditional 8th century style in cedar wood after it burned down, as it had several times before.
The guide's English was perfect but I couldn't hearЧитать далее
Kyoto Golden Pavilion and Monkeys
5 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
I took an early bus to be at Kinkakuji Temple, the Golden Pavilion, at 9AM, but it was already busy, with parties of schoolchildren and Chinese and Italian tour groups. It's still breathtaking even inЧитать далее
ПутешественникLucky you got your phone back! I guess the stereotype is true that Japanese people are very honest
ПутешественникYes thank goodness. Two other people in the hostel have lost bags and got them back
ПутешественникAlso is there space in your bag for extra crunchy pickled plums 😋
Kyoto slow day
6 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
My last day in Kyoto. I took a bus to the Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji) which has immaculate gardens of trees, moss, stones and a sea of silver sand. Walking the Philosopher's Path back to the centreЧитать далее
It looks amazing and brings it all back to us being in those gardens and walking across the stepping stones. X [Mari Singleton]
You're keeping up a very busy schedule after your long flight. Everything looks so neat and tidy and well organised ,very calm [Robin Dorkings]
ПутешественникIt is all very neat. No one shouting or arguing, rarely running
Tokushima - travel day
7 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I was impatient to leave big cities, go to Shikoku Island and start the walk. I took a bus to Kyoto station, waited a stressful 30 minutes to buy a ticket for the train to Osaka and took the train,Читать далее
Temples 1-6, Tokushima
8 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This pilgrimage visits 88 Buddhist Temples around Shikoku. The Japanese use a mixture of walking, car and public transport.
Temples 1-6 are close together so it's easy to visit them all in one day byЧитать далее
Temples 7-10, Kamojima
9 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
It was not as hot today and I felt much better. I walked all day with a Québécoise called Pauline (Porinu on her breakfast place).
We walked through villages and it's been more rural. It's stillЧитать далее
Temples 11-12, Kamiyama
10 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today was a hard day, but not as tough as it could have been. Temple 12 is on a mountain with a very steep ascent to reach it. I worried about whether I could walk from my hostel to Temple 11, toЧитать далее
ПутешественникYes, I went to the spa with two Polish girls from the hostel. Lots of pools of different temperatures and bubbles. Many local women in there. Enjoyed it
Temples 13-17, Kokufu
11 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
I chose an alternative, more rural route to Temple 13 and saw no other Henros. It went through a National Park with pine trees and weeping cherries and passed a power station surrounded byЧитать далее
Temples 18-19, Tatsue
12 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
All rooms are booked near these temples so I'm returning to Tokushima each day and missing out some road walking.
I saw a man feeding a cat and stopped to watch. He beckoned me over and let meЧитать далее
Temples 20-22, Aratano
13 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
A very nice day. Temples 20 and 21 are on the top of mountains, and required a lot of climbing. I love steep narrow mountain tracks beside ravines. Then, once you're at the temple, there are lots ofЧитать далее
The cormorants look very chilled. Really enjoying seeing the photos Sue. [Mike]
Hiwasa
14 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Late start today after taking a train out from Tokushima to Aratano where I finished yesterday. I was worried about the heat as 29 degrees was the forecast but in fact there was nearly always shade,Читать далее
Temple 23, Sabase, near Mugi
15 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After visiting Temple 23, as an alternative to a busy main road, I diverted to a quiet ravine-spanning coast road that promised ocean views, although 5km longer. Now and then monkeys loped across theЧитать далее
Shisakui
16 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
I detoured to explore a scenic area and found pretty coastline and a lake with jumping fish.
On the road, a man was harvesting persimmons with a clever gadget which I admired, and he gave me twoЧитать далее
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Ruth was very impressed by the jumping fish and wondered what they were called.
I love udon noodles so much. The generosity of people is very moving! [Jo]
ПутешественникThe udon noodles were square in cross section which is easier to eat with chopsticks
Temple 24 - Maruto
17 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
This was a half rest day to give time for exploring Cape Muroto, a rocky tip of land and a Geo Park because it has interesting rock formations. However, it was very hot, 29 degrees, so I retreated toЧитать далее
Temples 25-26, Nahari
18 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
A half day and another Onsen! At Temple 25 a temple employee and her son helped me phone my host for tonight. The boy especially was very happy to help and waved me goodbye enthusiastically.
When IЧитать далее
Temple 27 - Kochi City
19 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Misono prepared us a delicious breakfast and offered to transport my backpack so I didn't need to carry it up and down the mountain that Temple 27 is on. She is very kind.
I took a train to KochiЧитать далее
ПутешественникIt has been amazing. Just one more full day and then I start travelling home
Temple 31 - Kochi City
20 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Rest day in Kochi. EN hostel was so awful that I asked to leave and transferred to Bonito Guest House, which is much more comfortable and sociable with its communal kitchen.
A Kochi tourist busЧитать далее
ПутешественникI love this new hostel - everything is small but space is utilised the best possible way
Sheila and I are really enjoying following in your footsteps..buen Camino. Robin [Robin dorkings]
Temples 28-30, Kochi City
21 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
On my last day before travelling to the airport, instead of having another rest day, I went walking.
At Kochi station in the morning I pressed a black button to open the waiting room door (as IЧитать далее
Well done avoiding arrest! Love the spicy rice gift-idea. Good luck with journey back :) [Olwen]
Kanzai International Airport, Osaka
22 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
I was beginning to like Kochi City with its birds tweeting in palm trees, painted streetcars and Mont-bell outdoor clothing store, but today I travelled to Osaka's airport.
At Kochi station I hadЧитать далее
Hi Susan..are you looking forward to good old fish and chips and a big bed? Safe travels back home and hope to see you in Marlow soon....Robin [Robin Dorkings]
ПутешественникHave a safe flight back to England! I'm glad I got to meet you! :)
ПутешественникNot tempted?!
ПутешественникI'm not sure that a pilgrimage walk needs a £500 handbag...
Путешественник😂😂