Travelogues Kanagawa

Odawara is the next major city next to Hakone. Actually nothing special, except that it is located by the sea. The beach was - as expected - gray/black, but not very beautiful....

The causeway to Enoshima

The national park

Tokaido - translated as 'Eastern Sea Road' - was one of the 5 major routes of the Edo period (17th to 19th century) between Tokyo and Kyoto. Today, not much of it remains. A 3...

My luck with the free day has been rather unsuccessful so far: rain, rain, and fog. Yesterday was no exception. Except that this time the rain was part of a typhoon :) But it...

Back to the lake again, to see nothing again. And then on to the brewery tour. Chiyo (you'll never guess her age :D) was looking forward to the beer the whole time, 'Free...

And of course, first stop at the town hall: register. Then relax. Allegedly it's only 25° today, but it's so humid that you start sweating like a little pig after just 2 meters...

One day before Jens' and Laura's departure, we went to Kamakura, 1 hour south of Tokyo. In Kamakura, like in Kyoto, there are many temples and shrines. And the second largest...

Yokohama is located southeast of Tokyo. The most famous thing in Yokohama is probably the Ferris wheel in Minatomirai 21 (a seaside district) and Chinatown. Unfortunately, the...

Summer is the time for fireworks in Japan: Hanabi ('fire flowers'). So Ali and I went to Lake Ashinoko in Hakone, where a festival is taking place for 5 days. Lanterns were...