Exploring Mt. Masui + Zuiganji

I followed the little stream and after a while, I came across a cemetery at the food of a mountain. The sign said there was a temple 2 km ahead, so I wanted to check it out since it wasn’t that far. Not much later I found a hiking course after passing two more cemeteries. … Continue reading →

Forgetting my camera to Mt. Shosha

When we returned from our nightly picnic, the couple from France talked about their plans for the day after. The girl mentioned they were going to Mt. Shosha (on my recommendation, parts of The Last Samurai -and other movies/series- were filmed here), to which I replied I’d wanted to go there too. Thanks to Kyoko, who … Continue reading →

WorkAway + walk around Himeji Castle + supermoon

On my first actual day in Himeji, Kyoko awaited me at 9 AM to explain the basics of the guesthouse. About the cleaning, the washing and the preparing before guests arrive. Lastly, she told me about the check-in procedure, because she wouldn’t be there when that day’s guests would arrive. She went out around 10:30, after finishing … Continue reading →

Himeji: Rock Festival + Tsukimi

I met up with my hosts Kyoko and Megumi around 12:30. I didn’t have a clue where we were going, but in any case we headed to a park behind the castle. Before we arrived, Kyoko asked me whether I liked rock music, so I told her I did, and she answered she didn’t and … Continue reading →

Kobe port + Kobe peculiarities

After walking around Kobe trying to find the Old Foreign Settlement area, I ended up at the port (which I knew how to find). Too bad about the Old Foreign Settlement area, but at least I didn’t walk up to the shrines and temples area… (some  people complain about the big number of shrine/temple posts … Continue reading →

Night bus to Kobe + Kobe’s interesting architecture

After language school, I went volunteering (as I mentioned here). I set out for Kobe on the evening of 26 September. I left Fukuoka by night bus at 9:30 PM, and I soon decided I’d never again take a night bus. I don’t mind long bus rides, but please not at night! As many other … Continue reading →

August and September 2013

I’m going to try something new! Using Flickr to insert photos in my posts. It’s odd that I didn’t think of that earlier but it’s never too late I guess. I hope this works. 😉 Also, since I’m still writing about things that happened 1,5 years ago, I’ll try to speed up to finally catch … Continue reading →