Tag: Temple Travel Journal

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...

When I was at Himeji Castle this morning, I bought a combination ticket that included admission to Koko-en, a traditional Japanese garden just outside of...

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...

Today was another day when I didn’t finish the post for my morning activities until late. I can’t wait until the next day to write...

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...

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...

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...

This will be a short post because I spent most of this afternoon in Osaka at only one attraction: the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan. For simplicity’s...

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...