Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

Osaka is close to Kyoto, which I left this morning. The express train took less than 30 minutes to travel to Osaka’s central station, even...

This afternoon, I took in only one sight in Kyoto, another shrine, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, to be specific. What a surprise, right? Who could...

This morning in Kyoto, Japan, I took a stroll through a grove, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and visited a garden, Okochi Sanso Garden. I slept in...

Yesterday, I didn’t finish writing my morning post about Kinkaku-ji Temple, et. al., until late. So, when I started writing my afternoon post, about Nijo...

I continued my sightseeing in Kyoto this morning with a visit to Eikan-do Zenrin-ji Temple and some other sights. I know I said in the...

After finishing a long morning filled with visiting only temples and shrines, I was a little templed out. I enjoyed them very much, but man...

I started the morning of my first full day in Kyoto at one of the heavy hitters of Kyoto sights, Kinkaku-ji Temple. It’s in the...

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...