We’re moving on to Hokkaido for our last few days in Japan folks…. We’re down to our final few days in Japan, which makes us sad…but we’re off to Hokkaido Today, which makes us happy! Hokkaido is Japan’s Northern-most island, and, despite being the second largest island in […]
Remote and eerie Osore-zan… We awoke this morning, after a great night’s sleep, to an eerie, thick bank of fog – a fitting start to the day given we were going to Fear Mountain today! Our adventure for the day took us to the Shimokita Peninsula. This remote, sparsely […]
Welcome to Aomori – Honshu’s most northernly province. Evening fans! Hope all is well in your part of the world. We’re currently chilling out in our hotel room after a busy day of train-catching and castle-spotting. We caught a shinkansen from Sendai to Aomori City this morning, passing […]
Magical Matsushima Bay Howdy fans! What a glorious day we had here today – 26°C, blue skies and just the gentlest of breezes. A great day to go cruising around Matsushima Bay! This horse-shoe shaped bay, just 25kms north of Sendai, is considered one of Japan’s top 3 […]
Our last week in Japan… Today marks the beginning of the end of our 2013 Japanese experience; we fly out of Sapporo next Sunday. Not that the adventures are quite over yet – we still have a few more exciting places to visit before moving on to Korea. […]
Wandering Soles 