Trip: 2025 Oct/Nov: Tokyo; Hakone; Kyoto; Osaka; Himeji; Hiroshima; Nagoya Travel Journal

2025 Oct-Nov trip to Japan
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In this trip to Japan, my second, but the first in this travel journal, I visited Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka, Himeji, Hiroshima, and Nagoya. I started and ended in Tokyo

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...

Oh, Osaka

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...

Ginkaku-ji Temple and More

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...

Coming to Kyoto

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...

Gora Park and 2 Museums

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...