Destinations π―π΅ The pilgrim’s circle closes in Tanabe Alexander Mar 24, 2019 0 The following day I am entirely calm and in peace with myself and the fact that I'm going alone through the-->-->-->-->…
Destinations π―π΅ Learning Japanese with Sake Alexander Mar 23, 2019 0 The next night I arrive at a Minshuku in NakahechichΕ Chikatsuyu. There are a few other guests, but as-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019) π―π΅ Around the giant Holy Shrine of Hongu-Taisha Alexander Mar 21, 2019 0 I decide not to return to Kugochi village because of the inconvenient bus connection. Instead, I walk the-->-->-->-->-->-->…
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019) π―π΅ Yunomine – The place, where you boil the eggs in the River Alexander Mar 20, 2019 0 In recent years, typhoons have caused extensive damage in this area. The Kodo is also affected and many-->-->-->-->…
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019) π―π΅ Nachi Taisha – My enlightenment on the pilgrimage to the Kumano Kodo Alexander Mar 20, 2019 0 The first day is not as beautiful as the previous days when it was sunny and warm. Instead, it is cold,-->-->-->-->…
A Pilgrimage on Japan's Kumano Kodo (2019) π―π΅ The hospitable South of the Kii Peninsula Alexander Mar 18, 2019 0 There are a lot of convenient stores like Lawson, 7-11 and FamilyMart in all cities, large or small. These-->-->-->-->-->-->…
Destinations π―π΅ Nara – the city of polite deer Alexander Mar 17, 2019 0 I didn't have this city on my list, but since I heard so much it on my way I considered spontaneously to give-->-->-->-->…
Destinations π―π΅ The golden pavilion of Kinkaku-ji Alexander Mar 17, 2019 0 I take the bus to a pavilion in Kinkaku-ji, a former villa of a too-rich man who had the entire building-->-->-->-->…
Destinations π―π΅ Lessons to Japan III – Kyoto and its Geishas at night Alexander Mar 16, 2019 0 We leave again and head for a famous district of Kyoto named Gion. The city hasn't been destroyed in WWII-->-->-->-->…
Destinations π―π΅ Lessons for Japan II – The Mountain of the Red Gates Alexander Mar 15, 2019 0 The first attraction my friends take me to is a shrine called Fushimi-Inari Taisha. The word βTaishaβ-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…