2 ноября 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
An easy 9;15 am flight: JAL to Tokyo, land at 1640, a slightly rushed trip through Customs and then a false start and long walk back to find the bus to the other terminal. Not too long waiting, spentЧитать далее
ЯпонияFukuoka PrefectureIizuka ShiKōnosu33°37’30” N 130°37’5” E
3 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A day of walking around Fukuoka. The breakfast place in the on-line guide was not yet open, so on to the harbour, and finally found a place with coffee. We had not eaten since JAL to Tokyo, so almostЧитать далее
ЯпонияNagasaki PrefectureNagasaki-shiSueishimachiKuchino-se32°41’32” N 129°49’10” E
4 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Bullet train to Nagasaki on our Kyushu pass, then back late afternoon. We walked to Hakata station, feeling we knew the route well enough to try small variations, and booked tickets with our pass. TheЧитать далее
ЯпонияKagoshima-kenYamashitachōShiro-yama31°35’29” N 130°33’6” E
6 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
15m walk to the main station, and breakfast at one of the bakery/cafes with lots of bread, tea and coffee. Bullet train going south, and maybe only an hour or two, so we were in Kagoshima beforeЧитать далее
ЯпонияKagoshima-kenIbusuki ShiJitchō31°15’7” N 130°38’9” E
7 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our pass let us go on the Ibusuki express, so we did. Best train trip for ages! Tickets were bought at the special counter at the main station, where the staff were always extraordinarily helpful -Читать далее
ЯпонияFukuoka PrefectureFukuoka-shiSumiyoshiHakata33°35’23” N 130°25’7” E
8 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Explored Kagoshima's shops, checked out, caught the bullet train to Fukuoka (all without crossing a road), and met the Walk Japan people with guide Andrew Daniels (Yorkshireman 110%) at HakataЧитать далее
ЯпонияOita PrefectureKitsuki ShiYamagamachi-shimo33°30’37” N 131°30’51” E
8 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
A traditional Japanese 12,000 course breakfast plus coffee, then a minibus to the starting point, from whence we climbed Cloud Mountain (645m). That meant passing lots of Buddhist statues and ShintoЧитать далее
ЯпонияOita PrefectureUsa ShiInnaimachi-kamiera33°23’46” N 131°16’9” E
9 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Had to message Alistair early to say that in this 900 year old wooden temple his parents at 7am did a 15 min Zen meditation. He was surprisingly unresponsive, although it may have been midnight whereЧитать далее
ЯпонияMiyazakiShiiba-sonMochida32°28’56” N 131°6’3” E
10 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Another Japanese inn tonight. Back to sleeping on the floor.
Amazing 10 course breakfast, mini-bus, fields and farms, forests, temples, a stroll over hills and fields to another temple and aЧитать далее
ЯпонияOita PrefectureHimeshima MuraMinamiuraKannon Zaki33°43’26” N 131°38’45” E
11 ноября 2023 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Usual elaborate and endless breakfast, mini-bus to a ridge walk that needs its own album to describe it (see later), then a ferry to a small, old island, and a walk up to a lookout there with Sidd andЧитать далее
