Japan Travel Journal

I arrived in Kyoto after a three-hour Shinkansen (high-speed rail) journey from Adawara Station (the closest Shinkansen station to Hakone). I’m already having second thoughts...

Today, my last day in Hakone, I spent the afternoon in Gora Park and two museums, the Hakone Museum of Art and the Hakone Museum...

This morning was an art morning for me in Hakone, Japan. I started at the Hakone Open-Air Museum and didn’t get beyond it until after...

After I finished my sightseeing on Lake Ashi this morning, it was time to take the ropeways and cable car back to Gora station. I...

Yesterday, I mentioned that I bought a pass that gets me on five modes of transportation in the Hakone area. I told you about four...

So, this is new. On my previous, and so far only other trip to Japan, in my Pre-Blog Era, I didn’t visit Hakone. But here...

Because of a late start to the morning and trouble finding a restaurant that was open and not full for lunch (one full and not...

This morning’s post from Tokyo might be somewhat abbreviated, primarily because I don’t have a lot to say. I went up the Tokyo Tower and...

One good garden deserves another. This morning, it was the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. This afternoon, I visited the Tokyo Imperial Palace Gardens. After the...

Another morning in the frenzied megalopolis of Tokyo. Another gorgeous, peaceful park, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, to be more specific. After the park, or garden,...