Mount Fuji, Japan
A vacation to Japan would not be complete without a sight of Mount Fuji. It can be elusive and sometimes … Continue reading Mount Fuji, Japan
A vacation to Japan would not be complete without a sight of Mount Fuji. It can be elusive and sometimes … Continue reading Mount Fuji, Japan
The Tor-ii Gate marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine. These markers will be found in many places around Japan … Continue reading Kyoto’s Heian Shinto Shrine
One of seventeen UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kyoto, this was the showpiece of the Tokugawa shogunate. Building began in … Continue reading Kyoto Nijo Castle
KinKaKuji is a Zen Buddhist Temple. Formerly called Rokuonji, it was the retirement villa of shogun Askikaga Yoshimitsu. He bequeathed … Continue reading Kyoto Golden Pavilion
From the Port of Osaka, it is about a ninety-minute drive to Kyoto via expressway. For our comfort, the driver … Continue reading Road to Kyoto
Osaka was one of the ports on our itinerary but we did not see much of it because it was … Continue reading Osaka, Japan
Sometimes you do not get to see what is around you until you come back to it. For example, we … Continue reading Busan Port Views
Only a couple of blocks inland from the seafood market is a busy shopping area to buy all of the … Continue reading Busan Shopping
It makes sense that a seaport like Busan, South Korea, would have a seafood market. Now I do not like … Continue reading Jagalchi Sea Food Market
This community of Busan, South Korea, won the Educating Cities Award in June 2016 and also received a Good Place … Continue reading Gamcheon Cultural Village