For my sixth day in Japan, I made my way from Hitoyoshi to the Northern tip of Kagoshima prefecture to visit Izumi... read all

Originally for my fifth day in Japan, I was planning on visiting the main sites around Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture but managed to see most of them yesterday... read all

After visiting Yatsushiro in the morning, I decided to travel to inland Kumamoto and see Hitoyoshi which is locally known for it's castle and Aoiaso Shrine... read all

Akita Prefecture is a heavily forested area with lots of lakes and natural scenery... read all

Kakunodate is known as the Kyoto of Tohoku due to its picturesque streetscape with its distinctive black board fence... read all

My trip to Japan between October 15 to November 3, 2018 included travelling to a region called the Tohoku Region... read all

When you think of Japan you think of cutesy mascots and characters. One of the most famous is Pokemon... read all

Meiji Shrine needs no introduction. If you've been to Tokyo you likely would have visited this famous landmark... read all

For my fourth day in Kyushu, I drove around around one hour from Amakusa to Yatsushiro - a reasonably sleepy town found south of Kumamoto city... read all

For my eighth day in Japan, I decided to explore some of the sites found in central Kumamoto City which is also highly geared up for western tourists... read all

For my third day in Japan, I decided to drive around the Amasuka Islands in Kumamoto to see what these islands had to offer... read all

For my second day in Japan, I travelled from Munakata in Fukuoka Prefecture down to Kami-Amasuka in Kumomoto Prefecture... read all

For my first day in Japan, I travelled around 40 kilometers to Hetsu-Miya Shrine in Munakata... read all

For my last post in the series of Hidden Honshu, I will be covering Fukuyama which is located in Hiroshima Prefecture... read all

After visiting Iwakuni in the morning, I drove a few hundred kilometers on the Expressway to Tomonoura... read all

For today, I made my way to Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture which is known for the Kintai-kyo Bride... read all

Tsuwano is a small castle town located in the interior of Shimane Prefecture on the main island of Japan... read all

Hagi is close to the only location in Japan where I have seen a town so classically broken up into four sections which can be seen through their residences... read all

As I spent two days in Hagi, I have split my posts for the town over three individual posts... read all

Hagi is the castle town on the Sea of Japan which contains one of the best preserved (if not best preserved) historical centres in the country... read all