Travelogues Japan

And once again the night leg of our trip is over. This time: Japan Part 2, with Hakone, Ito and Osaka. In order to spend some time outside of Tokyo, we looked in advance for...

Hello everyone :) after what I mentioned yesterday, we had another small move ahead of us today. This time we were going to the city of Kanazawa, which is located on the middle...

Hello everyone, As already indicated yesterday, today we should go to the Fushimi Inarii Shrine. A special shrine, which is characterized by its several thousand, around 10,000,...

For Friday, August 25th, the plan was to go to Nara and discover the region there, but above all to visit the park with its wild deer. So we leave the hotel at around 10:00 a.m....

Sunday, 08/20/2023 Today our 5 week trip to Japan finally starts. We left Erfurt at 11:30 a.m. and then arrived in Frankfurt 30 minutes late, i.e. almost on time. The...

5:30 am, all bells awake! But that suits us just fine. We first drove to a Lawson supermarket and got some coffee. We love the Coffee Latte Hot Mega. And in that order. The...

Yesterday, I attended the Sumida River Fireworks Festival (in Sumida). This event takes place annually and features a fireworks show that lasts for about 1 hour at various...

Onigawara gibt es seit 1400 Jahren in Japan. Sie werden vor allem an buddhistischen Tempeln eingesetzt um Böses und Unheil abzuwehren. Am bekanntesten sind sie unglasiert in...

For my special day, I visited a pastry shop and a bakery nearby in the morning. These are small shops with a selected range of products. A piece of chocolate cake and a slice of...

1 direkt hinter dem Bahnhof an einem der vielen Flüsse. 2 der Hiroshima Dome. 3 das Friedensmusuem. 4 morgens um 5:00 Blick in den Sonnenaufgang. 5 Simose Art Museum

Nach zwei intensiven Wochen mit arbeiten und Menschen nun wieder alleine. Schön! Kommt das gemütliche und überschaubare Himeji gerade recht ... War es dann sogar wert einen Tag...

Momotarō (桃太郎; japanische Aussprache: [mo.moꜜ.ta.ɾoː], [1][2], wörtlich: „Pfirsichjunge“) ist ein beliebter Held der japanischen Volkskunde. Sein Name wird oft mit „Pfirsichjunge“...

Today we visited the places we couldn't see yesterday due to the rain. First, at 9 AM, we visited the Tsukiji Fish Market. The main market relocated some time ago, so only the...

...what can I say, we arrived in Tokyo this afternoon..and the city has presented itself in such a way that we are curious to see how the next days will unfold...

Finally Kyoto...the first day in the ancient capital started here with a proper Japanese breakfast.. Taking the train, we first headed out of the city to the bamboo forest..Very...

The day 3 started with a city walk through Beppu to the sea, to cool our feet. Here you occasionally come across amusing things... like a vending machine with edible insects......

Sorry, we are running a bit behind. Good morning Hiroshima. Breakfast on the 14th floor with a magnificent view of the Peace Square.

Dear ones, Today was the day – we traveled to the promised, no, to the holy city of Kobe. Holy, but not for any temples – no, here something entirely different is worshiped: the...

We took an Uber to the airport. We nerds were already there 3 hours before departure, randomly met Ramona's cousin, chatted a bit, collected our boarding passes, had an...

Sunday 20.4 My dreams are coming true. And I did not promise too much. With Lea and Lina, I set off in search of Soup Dumplings. We found them at Ikebukero Station. It's...

At 6:30 AM, the alarm went off, and we got ready. The best part of the room was the toilet, equipped with an automatic lid that opens upon entering the room, a heated seat, and...

Hello dear ones, since there seems to be still interest in our trip, here is day 26 including our experiences. Our first real day in Hakodate began with us, quite well rested,...

Hello Hello, or Konnichi wa, as they always say here, today is our first day in Fujiyoshida and due to the typhoon, which turned out to be a cyclone, we wanted to have a quiet...

Hello dears, of course we don't want to withhold our experiences of this day, August 24th, from you. But first, a couple of additional information about yesterday evening/night....

Pay to pray

Short break from Spain. Hello Morocco. It is unclear how long we will stay. We hope for a great time in North Africa. Different country, different customs.

To further expand our cultural experiences, the next morning we headed to Yoshino, a small village east of Osaka. During cherry blossom season, this place attracts many tourists...

After having to turn back last time due to bad weather, Michi wanted to go all the way up this time. Struggling with thin air and feeling almost dizzy, we crawled 1,400 meters up...

Today, I spontaneously took the train to Chofu to visit the Jindaiji Temple. It is currently hot and humid in Tokyo, which makes everything a bit sweaty. Below...