Japan Walking the Old Hakone Highway: Hakone Checkpoint to Yamanaka Castle Ruins (approx. 7 km)
WewenttoMishimaCity,ShizuokaPrefectureandwouldstaythenight.AswearrivedinMishimainthemorningwedecidedtoleaveourluggageatt...
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Japan Tokyo, Haneda to Bacolod in Philippines via Manila by Air: ANA and Cebu Pacific
Finally,thedaytoleaveJapanasGoldenWeekapproachedandpriceswouldsoar.OnTuesday,25April2023,weflewfromTokyoHanedaAirporttot...
Japan Cloudy Skies and No View of Mt Fuji… but a Half-Day Tour of Shizuoka City
WeareinShizuokaCity,ShizuokaPrefecture.TimeisoverhereforthistemporaryreturntoJapan.TomorrowwewillreturntoTokyo.Beforelea...
Japan Fuji City One-day Sightseeing
FujiCityislocatedintheeasternpartofShizuokaPrefectureandhasapopulationofapproximately240,000(estimated2023).AsthenameFuj...
Japan Jogasaki Coast Hiking: Walking from Jogasaki Kaigan Station to Izu Kōgen Station
TheJōgasakiCoastislocatedintheeastoftheIzuPeninsula,wherelavaflowedfromavolcanothaterupted4000yearsagoandhasbeenerodedby...
Japan Sake Review April 2023
OneofthepleasuresofgoingtoJapanisenjoyingsake(ricewine).Wetasteawidevarietyofsakeeverytimewevisit.Hereisacollectionofsak...
Japan Half-Day Walking Tour in Atami City, Shizuoka
WecametoAtami,ShizuokaPrefecture.Atamiisfamousforitshotsprings,butwedidn'tendupgoingtothesprings.Wehadagoodwanderaroundi...
Japan Japanese Wisteria and Azalea Festivals in Tokyo, Kameido Tenjin Shrine and Nezu Shrine
WevisitedthewisteriafestivalattheTokyoKameidoTenjinshashrineandtheJapaneseazaleafestivalinNezushrine.WearrivedinTokyoand...
Japan How we got from Tokyo to Hanoi, Vietnam
TherearelotsofflightsfromTokyo,JapantoHanoi,Vietnam. WeflewwithVietjetAirwhichisanultralowcostcarrier(LCC)andtheticketwa...
Japan Sakurajima Island
SakurajimaIslandisonlya15minuteferryrideawayfromKagoshimaandit'svolcanoisverymuchactive.WenoticedthespecialbagsaroundKag...