日本Chiba-kenSanrizukaNarita International Airport35°45’50” N 140°23’4” E 2020年1月11日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Well here I am, my first time in Japan and a busy two weeks ahead of me! I’ll be travelling over 2,500 KM by rail from Tokyo to Nagasaki and back again, with lots of stops in between! 🚅 🇯🇵
日本KanagawaMotohakoneSaino Kawara35°11’60” N 139°1’47” E
2020年1月11日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
First stop on my trip is Hakone and Lake Ashi! Couldn’t believe that I’m lucky to actually see Mt Fuji, often covered in clouds and fog there is a high chance that you travel this far and don’tもっと詳しく
日本KanagawaMotohakoneSaino Kawara35°12’11” N 139°1’34” E
2020年1月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Short walk from Motohakone is the Hakone Shrine, a beautiful lake front Shrine nestled into the side of a mountain... got here bright and early to beat the crowds and it paid off!
日本KanagawaYunohanazawaKanmuriga Take35°14’39” N 139°1’13” E
日本KanagawaHakone MachiSokokuraKowakidani Eki35°14’34” N 139°3’11” E
2020年1月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Open air art museum in Gora, famous for its outdoor sculptures and one of the largest collections of Picasso works! It also had an outdoor foot Onsen heated to 46* by the active volcano it was aもっと詳しく
日本KanagawaKowakudaniChisujino Taki35°14’8” N 139°2’57” E
2020年1月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
The Chisuji-no-taki Falls are named after the way that the waterfall looks like a thousands threads all falling- it was certainly worth the short walk down to the falls.
日本KanagawaShiroyamaOdawara Eki35°15’24” N 139°9’20” E
2020年1月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
This evening I’m travelling to Kyoto from Hakone, and it involves my first ever bullet train! The thing was SUPER FAST, travelling at over 175MPH and made the over 200 mile journey from Odawara toもっと詳しく
日本Kyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiGiommachiKiyomizu-dera34°59’43” N 135°46’59” E
2020年1月13日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Beautiful morning spent at Kiyomizu-dera, this area of Kyoto is a buzzing hive of activity perched on a hill overlooking Kyoto (despite the fact it was one hell of a climb from the city centre).
日本Kyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiKeageGinkaku-ji35°1’35” N 135°47’54” E
2020年1月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Little translated as ‘silver pavilion,’ it is named after the fact that the shogun wanted to line the house either silver... it was never realised.
日本Kyoto PrefectureKyōto-shiFukakusaFushimi Inari-taisha34°58’1” N 135°46’27” E
2020年1月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Was worth getting up early to get here... nice and quiet! With seemingly endless shrine gates, this places really is a world unto itself, spread across a woody mountain.
