Japan – Hiroshima a city of peace
Hiroshima – A city of Peace We visited Hiroshima in the winter of 2017. Whilst today Hiroshima is a bustling city with so much to see, our main focus was to visit the Peace Memorial and Park. It was also significant to us as both our fathers were involved in fighting...
Japan – Takayama – A great place to stay in winter
TAKAYAMA – Snow, great restaurants and a hidden gem. Takayama is a city in Japan's mountainous Gifu Prefecture. The narrow streets of its Sanmachi Suji historic district are lined with wooden merchants’ houses dating to the Edo Period, along with many small museums,...
Japan – Fushimi Inari-taisha – A photographic gem
This post is mainly about photographic opportunities at this amazing location. The red/orange colours are so vibrant. Be patient enough to wait for a “no-people shot”. Look around and look up (especially to see how the gates are made). Most importantly, look back and...
Japan – The best places to visit in Kyoto
Kyoto, once the capital of Japan, is a city on the island of Honshu. It's famous for its Buddhist Temples, as well as gardens, Imperial Palaces, Shinto Shrines and traditional wooden houses. Apart from wandering around the city itself, we visited quite a few of the...
