Enoura Observatory Revisited
I first visited Enoura Observatory in Odawara shortly after it opened in 2018. I…
Filed undershrines
Higashiyama Hanatouro Night Illuminations
Omine Okugake Day 7: Journey’s End
Despite setting up camp on an uneven surface, I managed to get some much-needed…
Omine Okugake Day 6: Tamaki Shrine
After a good rest overnight at Gyōsen no Shuku, the end was now in…
Omine Okugake Day 4: Alone
At 5.30 am, I managed to pull myself out of my warm sleeping bag…
Omine Okugake Day 2: No Women Admitted
I kicked off the second day with a tasty packet of maple and brown…
Omine Okugake Day 1: The Adventure Begins
Daybreak saw me whisked on the first train from Kamakura to Yokohama and then…
Ise-ji Day 7: Kumano City to Shingu
And so loomed the final day of our trek down the east coast of…
Ise-ji Day 5: Owase to Kata
It’s worth pointing out that by now we were both exhausted from four continuous…
Ise-ji Day 4: Furusato Onsen to Owase
It’s rare for me to get a good nights sleep in a tent but…
Ise-ji Day 2: Noasobimura to Ise-Kashiwazaki
After a somewhat restless night in the tent, instead of retracing our steps back…
Ise-ji Day 1: Ise City to Noasobimura
After rising at a spritely 6 am we visited Ise Jingu Geku near our…