Anyone who lives in Seattle area most likely knows about the tulips in Skagit Valley (annual event happening in April, drawing large crowds on weekends and making the traffic around…
Anyone who lives in Seattle area most likely knows about the tulips in Skagit Valley (annual event happening in April, drawing large crowds on weekends and making the traffic around…
Amano Iwato shrine is associated with the famous Japanese legend of Sun Goddess Amaterasu hiding in a cave. This is one of the most interesting shinto places I’ve seen in Japan.
Shirakawa Suigen is a famous fresh water spring, the source of Shirakawa river in Kumamoto prefecture.
Hotel Greenpia Minamiaso is a large establishment situated on the foothills of Aso caldera’s south rim. This location provides for an ideal view over the caldera, with the Five Peaks towering at the center.
Shimomiya, a small shrine sitting amidst rice fields in Aso caldera, would be totally unremarkable if not for one thing: an unusual event that takes place here every year from August to October.
Aso is a huge caldera of an ancient supervolcano that, as a result of its massive past super-eruptions collapsed onto itself, leaving an area of indented ground with a mountain range at its center which now holds an active crater. I rented a car and explored the area for 2 days.
This post is part of a series called Japan 2016 Kunisaki peninsula, a less traveled part of Kyushu, has been on my radar for a long time. It’s one of…
This post is part of a series called Japan 2016 Nikko is one of my favorite places in Japan. When I lived in Tokyo, I used to come here for…