Category: Sightseeing spots

With summer approaching now is the time to start planning your flights to Japan. Despite the recent earthquake and all the problems it caused life in Japan continues fairly normally outside of the disaster zone. Although of course there …

First winds of spring blowing through Kyoto at the Imperial Palace.

Hurry before they sell out. First come, first served.

Dressed to the nine(s), good heavens, it’s 2009!

Maybe we should make that an unequivocal あけ・おめ　こと・よろ type of thing between friends.

To the sacreligious, a slight cringe if you want to be …

“I’m dreaming of a white…something or other…”

Oh hang on, Christmas has been and gone. But I was dreaming of a white one (better than a wet one), and my dream come true. [Next time: …

Ethereal. Ephemeral.
 
Ensconsed in cherry blossoms to my ears. Cheery. Yet wistful.
 
I love o-hanami with my heart.

In Kansai, the following spots are particularly recommended:

* Osaka Castle Park

* Osaka Mint Bureau (‘Zouhei-kyoku’; late bloomers)

* Sakura Shukugawa …

This morning, I randomly found myself in Kyoto.

It dawned on me that living in the heart Osaka can sometimes deprive a boy of all things …

Kyoto speaks of mystical temples, Kobe has its quaint finesse…while Osaka is just, well, no-bones Osaka, really. Never really been a city to write home …