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Walking the Old Hakone Highway: Hakone Checkpoint to Yamanaka Castle Ruins (approx. 7 km)

We went to Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture and would stay the night. As we arrived in Mishima in the morning we decide...
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Tokyo, Haneda to Bacolod in Philippines via Manila by Air: ANA and Cebu Pacific

Finally, the day to leave Japan as Golden Week approached and prices would soar. On Tuesday, 25 April 2023, we flew from...
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Cloudy Skies and No View of Mt Fuji… but a Half-Day Tour of Shizuoka City

We are in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Time is over here for this temporary return to Japan. Tomorrow we will ret...
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Fuji City One-day Sightseeing

Fuji City is located in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture and has a population of approximately 240,000 (estimated...
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Jogasaki Coast Hiking: Walking from Jogasaki Kaigan Station to Izu Kōgen Station

The Jōgasaki Coast is located in the east of the Izu Peninsula, where lava flowed from a volcano that erupted 4000 years...
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Sake Review April 2023

One of the pleasures of going to Japan is enjoying sake (rice wine). We taste a wide variety of sake every time we visit...
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Half-Day Walking Tour in Atami City, Shizuoka

We came to Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. Atami is famous for its hot springs, but we didn't end up going to the springs. W...
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Japanese Wisteria and Azalea Festivals in Tokyo, Kameido Tenjin Shrine and Nezu Shrine

We visited the wisteria festival at the Tokyo Kameido Tenjinsha shrine and the Japanese azalea festival in Nezu shrine. ...
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How we got from Tokyo to Hanoi, Vietnam

There are lots of flights from Tokyo, Japan to Hanoi, Vietnam.  We flew with Vietjet Air which is an ultra low cost carr...
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Sakurajima Island

Sakurajima Island is only a 15 minute ferry ride away from Kagoshima and it's volcano is very much active. We noticed th...