Iwami Ginzan is located in Shimane Prefecture and is home to a Silver Mine which at one stage produced around 1/3 of the world silver... read all

Izumo is home to one of Japan's most important Shrines - Izumo Taisha... read all

For this afternoons post, I visited the old castle town of Yonago on the west coast of Tottori Prefecture... read all

For my first day in the Chugoku region of Honshu, I picked up a car in Fukuyama and drove around 200-300 kilometers to view some gardens in the general Matsue area... read all

For my thirteenth day in Japan, I made my way to Mikuni which used to be an important shipping port between the 1500's to 1880's... read all

For today, I made my way to Fukui district to visit the last of the 12 original keep castles that I have not visited yet... read all

For my last day in Kanazawa, I decided to visit some of the museums found in this prefectural capital... read all

For my second post on Kanazawa, I will be focussing on the Nagamichi Samurai district which is located on the South Western corner of Kanazawa castle... read all

For my tenth day in Japan, I made my way to Ishikawa Prefecture to revisit Kanazawa after originally visiting in 2012... read all

Located down the South West Tip of Sado Island, Shukunegi is a pretty fishing village which has plenty to see and can basically be called a microcosm of Sado Island read all

For my ninth day in Japan, I visited some of the major sites to be found in Southern Sado Island of Niigata Prefecture... read all

For my eighth day in Japan, I decided to visit some of the main temples on Sado Island followed by a scenic drive along the North Coast... read all

After spending most of my first week in Tohoku, I made my way down to Sado Island which is found in Niigata Prefecture for my seventh day in Japan... read all

For my sixth day in Japan, I travelled south from Akita to the small town of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture... read all

For my fifth day in Japan, I decided to visit Akita which is mainly known for the Akita Kanto Matsuri which occurs in early August... read all

For my fourth day in Japan I moved from the acidic waters of Tamagawa Onsen (1.2 pH!) to the famous samurai and hanami town of Kakunodate... read all

For my third day in Japan, I decided to travel North from Nyuto Onsen to Tamagawa Onsen which is famous for having the most acidic onsen water in the country... read all

For my second day in Japan, I picked up a car at Morioka Station and drove to Nyuto Onsen... read all

My first town visited is my only location not on Honshu for this trip - Matsumae. This small and slightly difficult to reach town is located in Southern Hokkaido... read all

Back in late-2015 I had published a travel report on what was supposed to be Tsukiji's last few months of operation... read all