Exploring Hiwasa

Exploring Hiwasa

What? Hiwasa (日和佐) is a quaint town along the southeast coastline of Shikoku. Despite its small siz...

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Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 6 - Following the Shoreline to Yakuoji

Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 6 - Following the Shoreline to Yakuoji

What? The Shikoku Pilgrimage or Shikoku Henro (四国遍路) crosses the whole island, passing 88 temples,...

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Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 5 - The Oldest Stretch on the Shikoku Pilgrimage

Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 5 - The Oldest Stretch on the Shikoku Pilgrimage

What? The Shikoku Pilgrimage or Shikoku Henro (四国遍路) crosses the whole island, passing 88 temples,...

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Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 4 - Going Into the Mountains

Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 4 - Going Into the Mountains

What? The Shikoku Pilgrimage or Shikoku Henro (四国遍路) crosses the whole island, passing 88 temples, ...

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Family Fun Around the Yatsugatake Mountains

Family Fun Around the Yatsugatake Mountains

What? The Yatsugatake Mountain Range (八ヶ岳連峰) is a collection of peaks forming a wall between Nagano ...

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Kasumi, Yoroi, Amarube

Kasumi, Yoroi, Amarube

What? Just like Hamasaka , Kasumi is a small coastal town along the Sea of Japan, famous for crab an...

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Hamasaka Bay – The Trip That Didn’t Go As Planned

Hamasaka Bay – The Trip That Didn’t Go As Planned

What? Hamasaka (浜坂) is a small coastal town along the Sea of Japan. As most towns in this area it is...

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Plan B Fail; Fukiware Falls

Plan B Fail; Fukiware Falls

What? The Fukiware Waterfall (吹割の滝) is a peculiar one, shaped as a thin horseshoe. It is more wide ...

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Mt. Nikko-Shirane

Mt. Nikko-Shirane

What? Mount Nikko-Shirane (日光白根山) is with its 2578 meters the highest mountain in the Kanto area an...

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Kyoto Highlights

Kyoto Highlights

What? Kyoto (京都) was the capital of Japan before losing that title to Tokyo in 1868. While the latt...

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Three Peaks of Ikuno Highland

Three Peaks of Ikuno Highland

What? When you look up Ikuno Highland (生野高原) on Google Maps, it will show you a golf course. That or...

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Yokohama Bay Side

Yokohama Bay Side

What? Yokohama (横浜) is a huge metropole and second largest city of Japan, located right next to To...

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Gunkanjima part 2 - Digital and Real Life Landing

Gunkanjima part 2 - Digital and Real Life Landing

What? Gunkanjima (軍艦島) – officially called Hashima (端島) – is an island off the coast of Nagasaki (...

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Mount Unzen - Climbing an Active Volcano

Mount Unzen - Climbing an Active Volcano

What? Mount Unzen (雲仙岳) is the collective name for a bunch of peaks in the middle of the Shimabara ...

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Kyushu Olle Minamishimabara – The Southern Feel

Kyushu Olle Minamishimabara – The Southern Feel

What? Kyushu Olle is a collection of walking courses all around the Kyushu island, based on a simil...

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Unzen Onsen, Hara Castle Ruins and Waterfalls

Unzen Onsen, Hara Castle Ruins and Waterfalls

What? Unzen Onsen (雲仙温泉) is a hot spring resort on the slopes of Mount Unzen (雲仙岳). There is only...

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Kyushu Olle Shimabara – Volcanic Destruction

Kyushu Olle Shimabara – Volcanic Destruction

What? The Shimabara Peninsula (島原半島) that is formed by multiple eruptions of what is called Mount ...

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Kyoto Indoors

Kyoto Indoors

What? Kyoto (京都) doesn’t need much introduction, but maybe two of its important indoor attractions...

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Circling Otabu Island

Circling Otabu Island

What? Otabujima or Otabu Island (大多府島) is a small island, the southernmost of the Hinase Isles (日生...

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Looking Back - Beer Here

Looking Back - Beer Here

Without wanting to get too personal, beer is a big part of my life, both professionally as purely as an enthusiast. I have had nume...

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