When doing research on my trips, I occasionally stumble upon things that I absolutely must see in places I go to, even if everyone else is unwilling (and especially if everyone else is willing). I am somewhat regretful I didn’t…
Interlude: Random shots in Japan
I’m desperately trying to catch up with my travel notes before the trip to Myanmar (Burma) actually starts, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen, since we’re leaving to the airport in 3 hours; so the notes on…
Day 8: Japan – Oji Zoo
In keeping with a promise I made to a friend who complained that my writing was mostly about lounges, crusty airplane seats and wines at altitudes where no sane person can reasonably distinguish a Côte-de-Beaune from a grocery store-mixed one…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – The Centre of Japan
After having seen it on some random TV show, I have been wanting to visit the “centre of Japan” – 日本のへそ. Honestly, I think nobody really cares about this, and I did get a number of raised eyebrows when mentioning…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Kyoto Arashiyama
After returning from Hokkaido, we spent most of our time in Kobe, as usual. We made a trip to my old stomping grounds, Kyoto, and to one of my favourite places there – Arashiyama (the other being Tetsugaku no michi,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 4
The next day, we were headed off deep into the woods – to Jacatra Pension, middle-of-nowhere Hokkaido, and so on. We were going to drive through the mountains in the center, which bode awesome for my driving enjoyment. But first,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 3
After we were done with Noboribetsu, we headed off to Sapporo. The plan was to cut through the mountains, going through some very, very fun roads (sadly, seeing as I didn’t have a Subaru WRX STi or a Lancer Evolution,…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 2
After we picked up our little Honda Fit, we had a few hours to burn before we were heading to dinner at an izakaya by the sea. (Footnote: Hokkaido has amazing food. Its reputation is well-deserved). So I thought, what…
Trip Report – Round-the-world 2013 – Hokkaido Part 1
During this trip, we finally managed to check off a place on the list of places in Japan I absolutely must visit. Having been there an innumerable amount of times, I have tended to stick to the Kansai area (Kyoto,…