Six hours in Tokyo:☑ Walked across Tokyo Bay☑ Explored Imperial Hotel lobby☑ Sipped beer above Tokyo Stati
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“My” street: ryokan’s, restaurants run by couples, homes. If the snow monkeys come out at night, I’ll be asleep.
A Small-Town Bullet Train Station
The last time I went through the town of Itoigawa (population 47,102) I was on an express to Kanazawa. Since then, the Shinkansen (bullet train line) from Tokyo to Nagano was extended to Kanazawa, and the new section opened in 2015. This week I rode the bullet train 97 km from Nagano to Itoigawa, just…… Continue reading A Small-Town Bullet Train Station
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Futon on Tatami
Futon on tatami. Traditional inn (Ryokan), Yudanaka, a small town near Nagano.
Once Seen, Not Forgotten
Japanese couple, Nagano.
Inaccessible
The mountains taunted me as I walked around Matsumoto today: the trailhead bus I wanted doesn’t run until mid-April.
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Now in Matsumoto in Japan’s “Alps”
Meijimura
Meijimura, huge building museum near Nagoya. Amazed to learn part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was saved.
Temple Plumbing 2016
The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage connects 88 temples over 750 miles on Japan’s Shikoku Island. It’s a circuit: temples 1 and 88 are 17 miles apart. It’s a journey: I’ve watched pilgrims making quite perfunctory stops at temples. This speaks to me. I walk to walk, not just to visit a sight like a waterfall or…… Continue reading Temple Plumbing 2016