Travelogues Japan

Sigh 😞 It's Friday, day 2 of my 'slump phase'. Or is it day 3 already? I can't quite figure it out. A phase that will last a little longer until I go to Tokyo. In the meantime,...

Today we are going to a museum and helping the owner clean and organize the sales area. The museum is located in an old school that had to close because there were no longer...

The last days of our stay in Kyoto are approaching. Therefore, we are visiting a few beautiful spots in the city. They are well visited by tourists, but we can still enjoy the...

6:00 am! All alarms awake! Jetlag is back! The advantage, of course, is that you still have the whole day ahead of you. The disadvantage is that the beautiful farm shops at the...

Japan Summer 06/27/2018

My last trip before leaving Korea took me back to neighboring Japan. Since I had already fallen in love with the country during my first visit with Philipp, I wanted to explore...

Today we took the Shinkansen again to the next city. The destination was Hiroshima. Everyone knows the story of World War II when the Americans dropped the first atomic bomb on...

After a royal breakfast at the hotel, we visited the city of Nara - Japan's capital city until the 8th century. The city houses a park with several temple complexes and a very...

On the path to the Inari Shrine

Sunday afternoon, April 30th, I flew from Shanghai to Nagoya, Japan and from there I took a direct train to Tokyo. In advance, I bought the Japan Rail Pass. With that, I can...

Now, here's a photo of me so that you can still recognize me when I come back. I'm really enjoying myself on board. Each day is different because there are always different...

Heading south - traveling at over 300 km/h on the Shinkansen, we left the main island of Honshu for the south of Japan. Passing through Fukuoka, we reached a beautiful unspoiled...

Today, we experienced quite a lot on the streets, a wonderful festival with many stalls and a beautiful view of the Tokyo Skytree. In the evening, we also stopped by Asakusa,...

27.02.26 Next, we traveled to Hiroshima, but we made a stop in Himeji along the way because there was an old castle and a beautiful Japanese garden there!

We have now been in Osaka for a few days and have taken the slogan 'Eat until you drop' to heart. 😅

In the morning, Tokyo greets us in white and heavy snowfall at 2°C.Japan has a centralized monarchy, with the Emperor on the Chrysanthemum Throne and an elected Parliament.The...

We have left the southern waters, crossed the equator again, and enjoyed another beautiful sunset.After 5 sometimes rough sea days, we arrive in the afternoon in Japan.Tokyo...

Tokyo

15.4.2024 Shimizu In the morning the bus picked us up to take us to Mount Fuji, just over an hour away. During a pee break, I spotted cookies with Japanese Ground Defense Forces...

13.4.2024 Yokohama First of all, we had to find our buses, which was not that easy given the large terminal building. Then we went to Tokyo to the Shibuya Sky high-rise. From...

Quite unexpectedly and never planned, I ended up in Japan as my sixth country on the world trip. As big as my doubts were at the beginning, I quickly fell in love with this...

With a little hangover from the evening before, we got on the bus and headed north - from the super deserted bus terminal I met a like-minded person from Slovakia who, after...

Today we drive back to the center of Sado by car. There we meet a rice farmer and the community supporter of the region. We borrow some knee-high field work rubber boots and...

In Hamochi, next to the onsen, there is a small botanical garden. An older woman takes care of the plants there by herself, and today we want to help her with the work on the...

With Bülent in tow, our journey takes us to Mount Fuji. We can't quite believe it when it suddenly appears in front of us. Since we've been driving for a long time, we decide to...

The Tokushima Prefecture has a lot to offer. But above all, it surprises us with its beautiful nature. The rivers are incredibly clear and powerful, and there are numerous...

The school class from Tokyo is having their last day today and before they leave, we are using the morning to clean up trash on a beach. It is one of the places we visited two...

Start in Hiroshima, quickly store the luggage elsewhere (it will be retrieved from the locker on the 4th day and stored somewhere else), it took longer by train than...

Tokyo again. We are passing through to Tomi-shi in Nagano-ken. We are using our evening to watch the cherry blossoms (yes... again... or rather still...). We walk for a long...

We arrive in Tomi-shi in Nagano Prefecture after a ride on the Shinkansen. From a distance, we see the active volcano Asamayama. We gaze in awe at the steam rising from it....