Monthly Archive: January 2025

After another hearty breakfast we left our bags in the hotel ( two rucksacks beside the decidedly more upmarket cases) and went out for our final day exploring Tokyo. Our flight home was not...

We awoke early and after a very large breakfast looking out over the Tokyo skyscrapers we headed to the Buddhist temple Senso-Ji. It is the oldest temple in Tokyo and it attracts many millions...

We left Fukui quite early as we had a catch a train and change a couple of times before we arrived at Nagoya. We were stopping here on the way back to Tokyo so...

We again headed to the bus station and travelled first to Maruoka Castle. This is one of the oldest remaining  castle towers in Japan and is approached through many cherry blossom trees. The wooden...

When we were planning our trip Alison, my partner, suggested we find a quieter province to visit as a rest from the bustling cities of Tokyo and Kyoto. She suggested we look at Fukui...

Today after another substantial breakfast at the hotel we were heading into the mountains north of Kyoto to visit the villages of  Kurama and Kibune and enjoy a walk between the two on a...

We headed back to Kyoto station after a full Japanese breakfast at the hotel. As we were a bit early for the train I took the opportunity to book some seats on our future...

We arrived at Kyoto station after a two hour train journey to cover over 400 km. Our hotel was quite near the station so we dropped our bags and went for a walk along...

We were up early to catch the Romancecar express service from Tokyo to Hakone station. After a short ride with some impressive scenery we arrived at Hakone station and as we were staying overnight...

We arrived at Tokyo Narita airport early in the morning after our overnight flight from Hanoi. It was not as busy as I expected and there was only a short wait at the JR...