Anamori Inari
1 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 goldfishЧитать далее
Tokuyama (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
14 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 shopЧитать далее
Iwakuno’s Cormorant Training Facility
15 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Sato Cape, Kasado Island (Kudamatsu)
15 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Japanese garden, azaleas still blooming, and a short hike up to the ruins of Fukuoka castle.
ПутешественникI love the fact that there is no actual castle in these pictures and that you took a picture of the bathrooms?!
ПутешественникOh, there’s some context needed: the castle is gone. Just the stone bases is all that’s left.
1,400 wind chimes
15 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Makemake Furin (wind chime) Matsuri festival. Dōgaku-ji, Ishii, Japan.
Now with one more wind chime.
Anan, Tokushima
16 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Tokushima Castle Ruins and Central Park
17 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Osu Shopping District
21 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Nagoya Castle and Honmaru Palace
21 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Inu Jinja
22 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Rub the pup’s belly for an easier childbirth.
Kiyosu Castle
22 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 stunningЧитать далее
Pokémon Fossil Museum
23 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
A special exhibit currently hosted by the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History.
Atsuta Jinju
24 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 soЧитать далее
Tokoname (A Whisker Away)
24 июля 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The movie A Whisker Away was set in this small pottery town.
Wakkanai
6 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 thoseЧитать далее
Cape Sōya
7 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 byЧитать далее
Cape Noshappu
7 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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),Читать далее
Fuji Wildlife Area
8 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 takeЧитать далее
Cape Tour Course
11 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 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 aЧитать далее
Momoiwa
12 августа 2022 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 didЧитать далее