Zürich Botanical Gardens
We reached Zurich from Salzburg by way of a fantastic 5-hour train trip through the Austrian…
Tag: gardens
Kusuo Yasuda House and Garden
After almost five years of exploring Tokyo (!), it has become increasingly hard to find hidden…
Autumn Around Tokyo
Autumn, and indeed the entire year, seems to have passed in a heartbeat but before we…
Day 46: Takamatsu
After a sound nights sleep at Goshikidai hut I woke with the sunrise to a much-improved…
Day 31: Garyu Sanso
Upon leaving Matsu-ya Business Hotel this morning the sky looked as if it had violent intentions…
Day 6: Children’s Day
Since we’re so close to Tokushima City we decided to have a bit of break today…
Shibamata Sojourn
Alongside Kawagoe, Asakusa, and Yanaka, Shibamata (柴又) is one very few remaining spots in Tokyo where…
Master of Nets
On an overcast day in July this year I made a return day trip to Suzhou,…
Yumenoshima Park
Back in 2013, shortly after I had moved to Japan, the language school I was attending…
Golden Hour at Oyakuen Garden
Having arrived in Aizuwakamatsu early afternoon by the time we made it to Oyakuen Garden (御薬園),…
Sankeien Garden
Sankei-en (三溪園) is a traditional Japanese garden in Yokohama (1 hour from Tokyo) which was built…
Ode to Autumn
Autumn is a rapidly fading memory now but I wanted to share a few more of…