For my seventh day in Japan, I finally made it to one of the old imperial capitals on Japan - Kyoto... read all

For my last post in Shiga, I've included some of the sites which were visited over several days in Southern Shiga... read all

For my sixth day in Japan, I spent the morning in Iga Ueno to see what this little town has to offer... read all

For the afternoon of my fifth day in Japan, I made my was to Omi Hachiman which is known as one of the few canal towns in Japan... read all

For the morning of my fifth day in Japan, I decided to visit Higashi Omi which is located a few kilometers from Goshako Station on the Omiji Line... read all

After visiting Chikubu Island on Lake Biwa in the morning, I came back by boat to see what Nagahama had to offer... read all

For my fourth day in Japan, I decided to visit Chikubu Island which is found in the North of Lake Biwa... read all

For my third day in Japan, I jumped on a Shinkansen from Shin-Kobe station and made my way to Otsu - the gateway to Lake Biwa... read all

After visiting Kobe earlier in the day, I decided to visit Arima Onsen in the afternoon due to the pull of finally soaking in good onsen water after 12 months... read all

For my second post in Kobe, I visited some of the touristy sites on the slight outskirts of the city. Note that Kobe has good public transport, but... read all

After a night flight into Osaka Kansai airport, I decided to make my way to Kobe via the ferry which takes a 5 minute bus ride and a 30 minute ferry... read all

I had a restful night at Jimyoin after a long trip coming all the way from Uji and Horyuji from the previous day... read all

After a fun day out with my friend at Uji, it was time to continue using the JR Kansai Wide Pass... read all

After arriving into Kyoto station, I made my way to another platform to board a local train to Uji... read all

The Horanenya Festival of Matsue was already over and it was time to enter the Kansai Region from Tottori for some sightseeing before returning home... read all

The final day in the San'in Region had come and it was time to visit Tottori Prefecture... read all

It was finally time for the last day of the Horanenya festival in Matsu... read all

Another day had come in Yamaguchi Prefecture and it was now time to know the samurai town of Hagi more intimately... read all

It have finally arrived at Yamaguchi Prefecture for the first time and it is time for some sightseeing and discover... read all

This was the prefect time to whip out my second Sanin-Okayama Pass and use it to discover a new prefecture, Yamaguchi... read all