Anamori Inari
1 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 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!
Sakurai Futamigauri & Northern Itoshima
7 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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).
Yanai’s Paper Goldfish
14 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 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 goldfishLeggi altro
Tokuyama (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
14 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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 shopLeggi altro
Iwakuno’s Cormorant Training Facility
15 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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 theLeggi altro
Sato Cape, Kasado Island (Kudamatsu)
15 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Ohori/Maizuru Park
28 maggio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Japanese garden, azaleas still blooming, and a short hike up to the ruins of Fukuoka castle.
ViaggiatoreI love the fact that there is no actual castle in these pictures and that you took a picture of the bathrooms?!
ViaggiatoreOh, there’s some context needed: the castle is gone. Just the stone bases is all that’s left.
1,400 wind chimes
15 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Makemake Furin (wind chime) Matsuri festival. Dōgaku-ji, Ishii, Japan.
Now with one more wind chime.
Anan, Tokushima
16 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Tokushima Castle Ruins and Central Park
17 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
“We keep these water birds around this moat.
They are creatures, not eatable.
Do not catch.
Take good care of them!”
Okayama Korakuen
17 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Osu Shopping District
21 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Nagoya Castle and Honmaru Palace
21 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Inu Jinja
22 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Rub the pup’s belly for an easier childbirth.
Kiyosu Castle
22 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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 stunningLeggi altro
Pokémon Fossil Museum
23 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
A special exhibit currently hosted by the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History.
Atsuta Jinju
24 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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 soLeggi altro
Tokoname (A Whisker Away)
24 luglio 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The movie A Whisker Away was set in this small pottery town.
Wakkanai
6 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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 thoseLeggi altro
Cape Sōya
7 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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 byLeggi altro
Cape Noshappu
7 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 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),Leggi altro
Fuji Wildlife Area
8 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
![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
9 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 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 takeLeggi altro
Cape Tour Course
11 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ 🌬 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 aLeggi altro
Momoiwa
12 agosto 2022, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
“Momoiwa” translates to “peach rock.” This whole hike in the southern tip of Rebun (the “Momoiwa Observatory Shiretoko Course”) was incredibly beautiful and full of wildflowers. I didLeggi altro