Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

To end my trip to Japan, I’m back in Tokyo to catch a plane tomorrow to my home and native land, more specifically, Toronto. But...

This afternoon in Nagoya, I started where I left off this morning and went up the Higashiyama SkyTower. I then ended the afternoon by visiting...

The full title of this attraction is “Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens,” but I stripped it down to just “Higashiyama Botanical Gardens” for the title...

After I finished with the Nagoya Aquarium and the Fuji Antarctica Museum in the morning, and hunted and gathered some lunch at a nearby food...

Officially called the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, the Nagoya Aquarium is, unsurprisingly, located by the Port of Nagoya and is open to the public,...

I moved on from Hiroshima this morning. I’m now in Nagoya, Japan. This is the last city of this trip before I head back to...

In the introduction to this morning’s post on Mitaki Temple, I said that I thought that post would be short. By the time I finished...

This will likely be a short post. Not counting lunch, which definitely should count for a variety of reasons, I visited just one sight, Mitaki...

After spending the morning, or what was available to me of it, in the lowland near Miyajima’s pier, I spent the afternoon at the top...

Out of my base in Hiroshima, Japan, I spent the day on Miyajima Island, starting off at its main shrine, Itsukushima Jinja. I didn’t get...