Journal / Japan

many trips, one route

Japan

I've been to Japan many times. These stories come from all those trips, put in an order you could actually travel. Follow the route, or jump in anywhere.

Start in Fukuoka
The red pagoda of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, backlit by the setting sun, with a lone visitor walking through the mist
new for me is enough

The route

  1. from KoreaBusan

    Coming from Korea? The ferry drops you right in Fukuoka.

  2. by ferryFukuoka

    Lost wallet, best walk. Plus the ramen rules.

  3. by ShinkansenKobe

    Coming soon: a food scientist walks into a beef museum.

  4. by trainOsaka

    The famous things I still haven't done.

Stories from Japan

The corner of a gyoza restaurant in Fukuoka at night, its red and white signs glowing above people walking by

Fukuoka

Fukuoka by accident

A ferry from Busan, a lost wallet, and the best walk into a city.

 A crowded shopping street in Osaka at golden hour, lined with lamps, bicycles and colorful signs

Osaka

The famous things I still haven't done

And why the free rooftop sometimes wins.

Getting around

The Japan Rail Pass: still worth it?

Plus the seat that gets you a view of Mount Fuji.

Coming soon

still in the booklet box

KobeKyotoNaraHiroshimaTokyoShrine or temple?