About an hour away from Tokyo is Kamakura, a seaside city with beaches, shrines, temples, and forests. A popular attraction is the Kotoku-in Temple’s Great Buddha. With that in mind, I hike a trail, about an hour, that leads me to the Great Buddha. The hike is relatively easy, following these instructions. My initial plan for
Miyajima Island houses the Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is very accessible from Hiroshima. I use the JR Seishun 18 Pass* to get there, and it allows me to take the JR ferry across as well! *Seishun 18 Pass provides 5 days of unlimited JR rides. They do not need to be consecutive days,
“That place with all the red things,” is how I would describe to people what I want to see in Kyoto. Its name is actually Fushimi Inari Taisha. I first took notice of it back in 2014 when Fab showed me her photos from her latest trip to Japan. The red things, as they turn
On my 2nd day in Nagoya, I meet Bo Joun at my ryokan hotel. She was visiting Japan with her boyfriend but is travelling solo because he left a few days earlier for work. Bo Joun is a friendly, lively young woman. Her big personality makes her an instant friend. We decide to explore Nagoya the next morning
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