Travelogues Japan

When exploring the area, we find a very good sushi master and after a few understanding problems (an American translator was specially summoned and was so kind to help us...

11/30/2019 - blinked once and 3 months flew by 🙈 Here I am now with my JR Railpass and my backpack on the Shinkansen to Hiroshima, and I somehow can't believe that my 3 months...

Torii at the entrance to the park grounds

The trip to Nara took less than an hour and cost only CHF 4.00 per way. Even better, the trip started right at our accommodation in Juso. From 710 to 784, Nara was the capital...

This island is so far away from stress and adversity in this world, despite the tankers passing by relatively close all day, you live here in a paradise: BENESSE ART SITE...

Japan Summer 06/28/2018

Before heading to Osaka today - very early again (05:00) - we visited the Kiyomizu-dera temple complex in Kyoto. The history of this UNESCO World Heritage site dates back to the...

8:15 am - the beginning of the end

Anyone who thought Kanazawa already had a variety of wandering Geishas has not yet been to Kyoto, the center of Japanese Geisha culture. Here, there were practically an...

We went back to central Japan, to Kanazawa. Once a rich and artistically influenced castle town, today it is both traditional and modern. Some cultural backgrounds drove us...

Die Geschichte von Amanohashidate, einer rund 3,6 Kilometer langen, mit Kiefern bewachsenen Sandbank im Norden der Präfektur Kyoto, ist eine faszinierende Mischung aus uralter...

Today we went to Ueno Park, where there are many things to see, as you can see. Especially the many aquatic plants right in the city. And all around are small food stalls and...

We arrive in Nagasaki, located in the southwest of Kyushu, Japan, in the morning with bright sunshine. A city rebuilt after its complete destruction by an atomic bomb on August 6,...

Arrival in the morning in Kobe with beautiful weather and warm temperatures above 10 degrees. Kobe is an extremely important port for Southeast Asia and has a population of 1.5...

The flight was overbooked, and for a moment, I wasn’t sure if I’d even make it, as my seat hadn’t been assigned just minutes before boarding. But once I was seated, everything...

11.4.2024 Kagoshima Kagoshima didn't make a particularly inviting impression on me. The excursions on offer didn't convince me either. I had a different plan. I really wanted to...

10.4.2024 Nagasaki In the morning, I went to the cinema to watch the documentary "Mythical Roads - Flowering Cherry Trees: Japan" to get in the mood for my stay in Japan. We...

I then continued further south, to Osaka. I had heard very different opinions about Osaka, both positive and negative, and was therefore quite curious to see what it was really...

After Tokyo I went to Yokohama, a somewhat quieter and small city but only 30km from Tokyo. Later in the morning I took the train to Yokohama. When I got there, I checked into...

10/24/2023-10/30/2023 And then there was Hiroshima. A completely different city than the ones we have visited so far. Somehow rural and yet occasionally overrun by tourism. A...

If you arrive at the port in Ogi by ferry, as a non-Japanese tourist, you can have a hard time finding your way around. This is because there is hardly any information available...

The next free day unfortunately was very rainy and since I need to do laundry anyway, I'll just stay inside and snuggle up with a book in my futon. In the evening, two new...

We are making iron water again this morning to clean the pond for the rice fields. After lunch, we drive to a piece of bamboo forest where many trees have fallen due to the...

Today we are driving back to the peak station at Donden Mountain. Once we arrive there, we pack some food and cleaning utensils and hike back up the mountain to clean up and...

On Saturday we have a day off and nothing really exciting happened except for a small incident with a bat in our room. On Sunday, there is a festival in Ryotsu, on the other...

Today we are back at Megumi's place to cook and help her with her field work. In the morning, we start by collecting these fake strawberries that we sometimes have in Germany....

On the north side of Sado, near the Ryotsu Port, there are some slightly larger mountains and a few beautiful hiking trails. On one of the mountains, there is a mountain station...

Today we're visiting Megumi. She lives in a house that belongs to one of her friends and is located next to a dairy farm. She also has her own field where we'll be helping her...

The first of the two days off I use to do my laundry and rest after the exciting but tiring days. The next day we decide to visit the old gold mines and the accompanying small...

We have been living on Tsukuyomi Farm in Awa-shi for three weeks now. We work daily on the vegetable fields with 20 other Workawayers. Everyday life is characterized by communal...