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- Day 1
- Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 9:37 PM
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
JapanAnamori Inari Eki35°33’2” N 139°44’59” E
Anamori Inari
May 1, 2022 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Pretty tired but it feels unbelievable to be wandering the streets of Tokyo again. Stumbled upon Anamori Inari Jinja, which had rows and rows of the tiniest cutest torii I’ve ever seen!
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- Day 7
- Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 12:25 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- JapanMōko Yama33°39’13” N 130°12’34” E
Sakurai Futamigauri & Northern Itoshima
May 7, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Spent the day biking around the northern part of Itoshima peninsula. Stopped at a small seaside restaurant for red sea bream and chazuke (pour green tea over the rice).
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- Day 14
- Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 4:20 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- JapanYanai33°57’50” N 132°7’38” E
Yanai’s Paper Goldfish
May 14, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The Town of White Walls is like taking a walk back in time. This peaceful, quiet street is lined with traditional Edo-style merchant houses and shops, all painted in white. And apparently the goldfishRead more
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- Day 14
- Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:58 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- JapanTokuyama34°2’54” N 131°48’10” E
Tokuyama (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
May 14, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Staying a couple nights in Tokuyama while exploring the surrounding area. Wandered into a neighborhood ramen shop, extremely small, just a few bar-style seats. The husband and wife running the shopRead more
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- Day 15
- Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 1:19 PM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- JapanYokoyama34°10’14” N 132°10’34” E
Iwakuno’s Cormorant Training Facility
May 15, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
There’s a lot I can probably write about the history of this region, like how Kintai bridge is one of the most beautiful and famous footbridges in Japan. But I think instead I’ll focus on theRead more
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- Day 15
- Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 4:28 PM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- JapanNaka-se33°59’24” N 131°51’27” E
Sato Cape, Kasado Island (Kudamatsu)
May 15, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Apparently this is one of the best places to see the sunset in Japan, but I caught the 17:40 train back to Tokuyama and didn’t stay.
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- Day 28
- Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 3:28 PM
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- JapanŌ-hori33°34’58” N 130°22’43” E
Ohori/Maizuru Park
May 28, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Japanese garden, azaleas still blooming, and a short hike up to the ruins of Fukuoka castle.
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- Day 76
- Friday, July 15, 2022 at 4:12 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- JapanIshii34°3’33” N 134°25’40” E
1,400 wind chimes
July 15, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Makemake Furin (wind chime) Matsuri festival. Dōgaku-ji, Ishii, Japan.
Now with one more wind chime.
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- Day 77
- Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:38 PM
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 80 m
- JapanTomiokachō33°54’51” N 134°39’40” E
Anan, Tokushima
July 16, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
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- Day 78
- Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 11:46 AM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- JapanMinami-maegawachō34°4’28” N 134°33’24” E
Tokushima Castle Ruins and Central Park
July 17, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
“We keep these water birds around this moat.
They are creatures, not eatable.
Do not catch.
Take good care of them!”
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- Day 78
- Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 3:15 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- JapanCrow Castle34°39’58” N 133°56’6” E
Okayama Korakuen
July 17, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
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- Day 82
- Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 12:20 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- JapanŌsukannon-eki35°9’34” N 136°53’57” E
Osu Shopping District
July 21, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
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- Day 82
- Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- JapanSannomaru35°11’5” N 136°54’7” E
Nagoya Castle and Honmaru Palace
July 21, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Day 83
- Friday, July 22, 2022 at 12:39 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- JapanYada-gawa35°12’29” N 136°53’51” E
Inu Jinja
July 22, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Rub the pup’s belly for an easier childbirth.
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- Day 83
- Friday, July 22, 2022 at 1:44 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- JapanKiyosu35°13’2” N 136°50’33” E
Kiyosu Castle
July 22, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Kiyosu Castle was built between in the early 1400s, but this 1989 reconstruction is likely not accurate since there are no records of the original castle’s design. Regardless, it’s a stunningRead more
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- Day 84
- Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 1:27 PM
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- JapanImurechō34°43’16” N 137°25’55” E
Pokémon Fossil Museum
July 23, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
A special exhibit currently hosted by the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History.
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- Day 85
- Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 1:25 PM
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- JapanJingu35°7’31” N 136°54’31” E
Atsuta Jinju
July 24, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
According to Wikipedia, this long-revered Shinto shrine was established during the reign of Emperor Keikō (71–130) and ranks alongside the Grand Shrine of Ise. It was right off the Meitetsu line soRead more
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- Day 85
- Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 2:56 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- JapanTokonami Port34°53’15” N 136°50’23” E
Tokoname (A Whisker Away)
July 24, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The movie A Whisker Away was set in this small pottery town.
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- Day 98
- Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 172 m
- JapanWakkanaishi Kaiki Hyakunen Kinentō45°24’59” N 141°39’46” E
Wakkanai
August 6, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Hokkaido used to be closely connected to southern Karafuto (by ferry), but was lost to Russia around the end of WWII (and is presently Sakhalin). Wakkanai Park contains a number of memorials to thoseRead more
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- Day 99
- Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 10:30 AM
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- JapanMamiya Rinzō Zō45°31’20” N 141°56’14” E
Cape Sōya
August 7, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Technically, according to Wikipedia, “Japan's northernmost point is disputed, because Japan considers it to be on Iturup [one of the southern Kuril islands], an island de facto governed byRead more
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- Day 99
- Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 1:30 PM
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- JapanCape Nossyeb45°26’55” N 141°38’36” E
Cape Noshappu
August 7, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Besides the idiot doing yoga on the wall behind the dolphin-clock statue (which wasn’t really that photoworthy anyway), and what I suspect was highly overpriced umi don (raw sea urchin/rice bowl),Read more
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- Day 100
- Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:12 AM
- 🌧 23 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- JapanPonmoshiri Tō45°15’13” N 141°12’29” E
Fuji Wildlife Area
August 8, 2022 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
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- Day 101
- Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 2:49 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,570 m
- JapanRishiri Zan45°10’58” N 141°14’25” E
![View from [near] the summit (Kutsugata trail, 9th station?); Ostrov Moneron is visible on the horizo](http://media.fp-files.com/footprint/62f311245eb395-38117472/5kpeusdbglbjr_m_s.jpg)
Mount Rishiri
August 9, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Roughly 9-hour roundtrip hike up an extinct stratovolcano (el. 1,721 m or 5,646 ft; last eruption: 5830 BC). I took the main Oshidomari hiking trail just short of the summit. I wanted to takeRead more
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- Day 103
- Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 9:02 AM
- 🌬 23 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- JapanSukoton Misaki45°27’45” N 140°58’5” E
Cape Tour Course
August 11, 2022 in Japan ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
A beautiful hike along the northwestern coast of Rebun. Took the bus to Cape Sukoton, enjoyed a coffee and some kelp ice cream with a nice view of Todojima, and then hiked south along the coast, at aRead more
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- Day 104
- Friday, August 12, 2022 at 9:01 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 205 m
- JapanMomo Iwa45°17’46” N 141°2’3” E
