Published: 15.06.2017
On the first day of Kerstin's arrival, we only went to the Tennoji Temple and the Tsutenkaku district. No need to challenge jet lag :) Yesterday, the proper Osaka program...
Approximately 30 km east of Osaka lies Nara, the first permanent capital of Japan (in the 8th century). Nara is actually best known for its deer that stroll around Nara Park....
Now I'm back in Germany for almost two weeks and only now writing the very last blog entry. Naughty Sandra :) The flight back was actually quite pleasant. And the first German...
The last stop on my Kyushu trip: Kagoshima, November 2nd and 24 degrees. I wonder why I wore the long jeans :) Kagoshima is located in the southern part of Kyushu and is also...
Next stop: Kumamoto. Famous for its castle and Suizenji Park. Too bad I forgot that the castle was heavily damaged by an earthquake in April 2016. But no worries. It was...
So the next day we went to the place where Nagasaki became famous: the Peace Park, the Atomic Bomb Museum and the Hypocenter. Just like in Hiroshima, you walk around here with a...
I visited the park at Shinjuku, which does have an admission fee but is really beautiful and worth it. Right in the city, near the world's busiest train station, you can find...
After setting off without a plan, I decided to hike to a train station. However, it was still a long way there and I had run out of water. Luckily, the
From the temple, a staircase leads uphill with over 200 steps to a smaller shrine. Once there, however, the path continued to a hiking trail. I met two women who were...
After Kamakura, I went to Odawara, where there's a substantial castle that's beautifully illuminated in the evening. In the evening, I went back to the coast and then to a...
