Fancy a 10km hike through the Japanese wilderness? Sure! Evening fans. For today’s adventure we took a local train (read “a very slow train”) from Nagoya up into the Central Japanese Alps. Our goal: the Kiso Valley. This densely forested river valley is relatively untouched by modern civilisation […]
Today we set a new personal land speed record! Today was a pretty relaxing day. Our only major goal for the day was to get from Kyoto to Nagoya, at some point. After a busy few days, it was nice to have a slow start to the day […]
Peace and quiet amongst the bamboo groves of Arashiyama. After yesterday’s mass tourism chaos, it was nice to “get away” and have a holiday from our holiday. So we headed up into the hills to the north-west of Kyoto, to Arashiyama (translation = storm mountain). This pleasant, leafy […]
One Imperial Palace, one Nijo Castle, and one Golden Pavilion? Check. Howdy folks back home. Hope you are all well. We are still in Kyoto and have spent another day trekking around seeing more marvels. Today’s adventure took us north of the city to see 3 of the […]
More temples than you can poke a stick at…. Greetings fans! Today was our first full day in Kyoto and we spent it sightseeing around the Eastern side of town – just across the Kamo River from where we’re staying. This part of Kyoto is a temple-spotters dream; […]
