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Back to Japan - Japanese Alps

Back to Japan - Japanese Alps

First off, some sad news, I couldn’t get any tickets for the Sumo wrestling tournament as all 15 days sold out within the space of an hour, so instead I will be going to a sumo experience show, where someone tells us about the history, traditions and culture around

Illuminated festival float decorated with lanterns and carvings, paraded through the streets of Kazuno at night, accompanied by musicians and participants in traditional dress.

Towada and My Final Nights Away

So here we are now going towards my final few nights in Japan and as much as most people usually say it when on holiday, I really don’t want to go back home. There is so much to discover out here that I deffo want to come back and

Matsue and Sakaiminato

Matsue and Sakaiminato

I am sorry that this one has taken so long to get out. Due to an unstable internet connection meaning that I lost about half of this post and an incoming typhoon meaning I have had to change some plans around and move my schedule up too. I am also

Osaka/Kyoto Part 1 - Osaka, Kyoto and Nara

Osaka/Kyoto Part 1 - Osaka, Kyoto and Nara

Hello again everyone this time I am off to Osaka to have some fun. Moving to Osaka Day 10th August Getting to Osaka was quite easy, but also fun, why you ask well, it was a long trip back through the mountains to Okayama where I had to change to

Hiroshima and Miyajima

Hiroshima and Miyajima

Moving Day Again 4th August So, I won’t bore you with the details about bullet trains again, but there was another nice Ekiben involved. Today was the day I moved on from Nagasaki to Hiroshima which took just less than 3 hours. By bullet trains and limited express trains.

View from Kiyomizu-dera across Kyoto at sunset, with Yasaka Pagoda rising above autumn trees, historic buildings and distant mountains beneath a colourful evening sky.

Kyoto and Iwaki

Right so it is now 21 days (3 weeks) till I be in the air heading from Abu Dhabi towards Narita Airport. So now seems like a good time to come out with another post and without further ado here we go!!! Nagoya - Nagashima Spa Land Between traveling from Osaka