Asia Travel Journal

Asia includes a lot of diverse countries, from parts of Russia and Turkey, to India, Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand, and many more. I’ll probably get to see only a small subset of them in my life. This category page links to all of the posts from all of the Asian countries I visited after I started this travel journal. Entries on visits to cities and towns in Asia appear under a category page for their respective Asian country.

(I visited only one country in Asia before starting this journal, Japan. I loved it and hope to get back, so don’t be surprised if some entries from Japan pop up here at some point.)

Here in Hiroshima

When most people hear “Hiroshima,” they probably immediately think of one thing. Maybe I’m just projecting. Despite not being born until more than seven years...

Himeji Castle

The one sight that all of my guidebooks mention, and all in glowing terms, is Himeji Castle. That’s where I was this morning....

Hi, Himeji

I left Osaka this morning and moved on to Himeji, where I am now. My walking tour app doesn’t have a tour for Himeji. The...

Now, Nara

Still operating from my Osaka base for today, I took a day trip to Nara. Including the walk to the nearby train station, getting to...

Osaka Museum of History

The main sight I explored this afternoon in Osaka was the Osaka Museum of History. Before that, I visited a temple. And I ended the...

Mittera Temple, Etc.

This was a slow, take-it-easy, odds-and-ends kind of morning for me as far as sightseeing in Osaka went. I started at Mittera Temple and then...

Tsutenkaku Tower and More

Today, I started my first full day in Osaka by going up a tower, the Tsutenkaku Tower. I followed that with some nearby sights, a...