There are many places of interest along Japan’s Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート), the scenic corridor through the Hida Mountains… READ MORE
Japan’s incredibly scenic Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート) is best appreciated on an overnight journey, or at least a full-day… READ MORE
Tōkyō’s main international airport and I go back a long way. I flew in through here a decade ago, at… READ MORE
As my favourite destination – my own little happy place – Japan exerts such a strong hold on my imagination… READ MORE
For my 20th trip to Japan, I gave serious thought to flying with a full-service airline (instead of my usual… READ MORE
Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji looms large over the surrounding landscape, so it’s possible to see the mountain from many vantage… READ MORE
In my previous post, I wrote in detail about the newly reconstructed Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle. Needless to say,… READ MORE
I’ve long had a keen interest in the ambitious project to resurrect the lost Honmaru Palace of Nagoya Castle: quite… READ MORE
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Let’s round off my series of Kiso Valley-related posts with a quick and breezy food report. Today’s subject: a tea… READ MORE
On a fine autumn morning last November, I set off on another day trip from Nagoya – this time heading… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby