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

WewenttoMishimaCity,ShizuokaPrefectureandwouldstaythenight.AswearrivedinMishimainthemorningwedecidedtoleaveourluggageatt...
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Tokyo, Haneda to Bacolod in Philippines via Manila by Air: ANA and Cebu Pacific

Finally,thedaytoleaveJapanasGoldenWeekapproachedandpriceswouldsoar.OnTuesday,25April2023,weflewfromTokyoHanedaAirporttot...
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Cloudy Skies and No View of Mt Fuji… but a Half-Day Tour of Shizuoka City

WeareinShizuokaCity,ShizuokaPrefecture.TimeisoverhereforthistemporaryreturntoJapan.TomorrowwewillreturntoTokyo.Beforelea...
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Fuji City One-day Sightseeing

FujiCityislocatedintheeasternpartofShizuokaPrefectureandhasapopulationofapproximately240,000(estimated2023).AsthenameFuj...
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Jogasaki Coast Hiking: Walking from Jogasaki Kaigan Station to Izu Kōgen Station

TheJōgasakiCoastislocatedintheeastoftheIzuPeninsula,wherelavaflowedfromavolcanothaterupted4000yearsagoandhasbeenerodedby...
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Sake Review April 2023

OneofthepleasuresofgoingtoJapanisenjoyingsake(ricewine).Wetasteawidevarietyofsakeeverytimewevisit.Hereisacollectionofsak...
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Half-Day Walking Tour in Atami City, Shizuoka

WecametoAtami,ShizuokaPrefecture.Atamiisfamousforitshotsprings,butwedidn'tendupgoingtothesprings.Wehadagoodwanderaroundi...
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Japanese Wisteria and Azalea Festivals in Tokyo, Kameido Tenjin Shrine and Nezu Shrine

WevisitedthewisteriafestivalattheTokyoKameidoTenjinshashrineandtheJapaneseazaleafestivalinNezushrine.WearrivedinTokyoand...
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How we got from Tokyo to Hanoi, Vietnam

TherearelotsofflightsfromTokyo,JapantoHanoi,Vietnam. WeflewwithVietjetAirwhichisanultralowcostcarrier(LCC)andtheticketwa...
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Sakurajima Island

SakurajimaIslandisonlya15minuteferryrideawayfromKagoshimaandit'svolcanoisverymuchactive.WenoticedthespecialbagsaroundKag...