We went to a town called Yui to see some cherry trees in bloom recently. Before we went, I checked around the town for o

On Sunday, it being a sunny and quite warm day, we decided to cycle to Kannami and see the early cherry blossoms near Ha

Odawara is a city by the sea in Kanagawa, Japan, which is famous for, among other things, its foods, kamaboko and umebos

Its been a cold year in Japan this year. It was snowing in Fuji city last week. The blossoms are all late this year. Thi

Recently, we went to Atami, in Shizuoka, Japan. Atami is a hub for people going to Izu, its a hot spring area, a port, a

Today was a short day, as we had multiple hangovers and were in for another morning of drinking, before going back to Ko

Day two was our winery visiting day. We got up and ate a typical Japanese breakfast, of fish, rice, fried egg roll and m

We had a little holiday for three days, two nights in Yamanashi. We had to go by train of course, because we would be dr

On Sunday, we took the train to Shin-Matsuda Station on the Odakyu Line and hiked over the mountains to the Wintersweet

On the second of January 2023 we got the train to Shuzenji station, then bus to Toi. We arrived about 10.30am. This was

Friday I had a job near Shimo-Soga station in Odawara. It was only in the morning, so afterwards, I decided to walk up i

The season for beautiful leaves and warm glowing vistas in the warmth of the midday sun is almost over and winter is app

On Saturday, we hiked most of the Odoriko trail. Its named after a book "Izu no Odoriko", which means The dancing girl o

At the weekend, we went to Matsumoto. a decent sized city in Nagano which is historically significant because Matsumoto

This weekend we went to Nagano. It was my first time in this prefecture. Its in the center of Japan, and very mountainou

Lake Tanzawa is a dammed up, artificial lake right out in the mountains in Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan. You can get there

In late summer, after coming back from the UK, we went canoeing at the beach one more time before the cold weather set i

After our trip to Bosham, we came into Chichester for some food and drink. The cathedral was lit up by the last rays of

After our visits to the Roman remains around Chichester, we headed for the village of Bosham. It was around 3 o'clock in

After our trip to Bignor Roman Villa (see last post) We arrived at Fishbourne Roman Palace. This is pretty famous in the