Maple leaves 2008 - Kyoto
Category: Travel
11/24/2008
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Okinawa 1 - Miyako
Category: Travel
11/06/2008
Most visitors of Okinawa make their first stop on the main archipelago. But since I knew what to expect and I didn't have much time on my hands, I skipped that part and went straight to Miyako, the central archipelago...
Okinawa - Introduction
Category: Travel
10/26/2008
It's already the end of october and temperatures have dropped. Last year at the same period, I spent my last ten days of vacations visiting the Ryukyu archipelago, more commonly known as Okinawa...
Ogimachi
Category: Travel
10/12/2008
There is a very charming place not too far from Nagoya, which I only discovered last week. In a country where everything is new and shiny, where modern urbanism is tasteless and disrespectful of nature, places with old and charming architectures and atmosphere are rare. Ogimachi village, north of Nagoya in Gifu area, is one of them...
Hokkaido 7 - Shikotsu
Category: Travel
08/10/2008
The sun finally came back out after several days of cloudy weather, right on time for my plans. I had indeed decided to do my third and last hike of that trip, right next to Shikotsu lake...
A week-end in Tokyo
Category: Travel
07/27/2008
Three weeks ago, I went to Tokyo to visit Stephane, a friend who lives there...
Hokkaido 6 - Niseko
Category: Travel
07/20/2008
I hesitated before writing this post...As I was expecting the sun, I went to Niseko, a ski and hiking resort not very far from Sapporo, where I spent a night and did one of the numerous hiking trails available in the area...
Hokkaido 5 - Hakodate
Category: Travel
07/13/2008
As the weather wasn't showing any sign of improvement, I decided to stop with the lakes, onsen and parks and spent one day in Hakodate, a port town located at the southwestern tip of the island...
Hokkaido 4 - Shiretoko
Category: Travel
06/24/2008
Shiretoko national park is located at the northeastern tip of Hokkaido and is one of the most remote areas in Japan. The nature is intact, and most of the park is completely pristine...
Hokkaido 3 - From Akan to Shiretoko
Category: Travel
06/12/2008
After leaving lake Akan, I headed north towards the national park of Shiretoko at the northeastern tip of Hokkaido. The weather was bad so I had to postpone part of my plans to the next day...
Hokkaido 2 - Akan and Meakan dake
Category: Travel
06/08/2008
Right after Sapporo, I decided to head towards the east, as the weather forecasts were mentioning a typhoon coming from the opposite direction. My destination was Akan lake...
Hokkaido 1 - Sapporo
Category: Travel
05/19/2008
I beginned my trip to Hokkaido with Sapporo. You may have heard that name...indeed,...
Hokkaido - introduction
Category: Travel
05/12/2008
Summer is approaching, and since summer usually means travel and considering it's been a while since I talked about my trips, I've decided to start relating my "Hokkaido tour" of last september...
Mount Fuji
Category: Travel
10/29/2007
Finally, here it is, the mount Fuji hike! Let me tell you right now that this post is long and contains lots of pics, so you'll have to be patient if you have a slow Internet connection...
Shuzenji
Category: Travel
10/21/2007
Last stop in my Izu peninsula mini-tour, I spent one day in Shuzenji only to get some rest and get closer to mount Fuji...
Dogashima
Category: Travel
09/12/2007
Upon leaving Shimoda, I went further along the coast and stopped at Dogashima. There's nothing special there but it's really pretty, and there's a rotenburo I definitely wanted to try...
Shimoda
Category: Travel
09/10/2007
After Kanaya ryokan and before climbing mount Fuji, I went to Shimoda, a small town located at the south of Izu peninsula. However it's not just another town on the coast
Kanaya ryokan
Category: Travel
09/03/2007
Before climbing mount Fuji, I went to Izu peninsula for a couple days. This time, I had decided not to be cheap and stay only at higher end places than I had done so far...
Amihari onsen
A mountain just for me!
Category: Travel
04/29/2007
For the end of the holidays, I went to a wonderful onsen in the mountain...
Wanko soba in Morioka
Category: Travel
04/28/2007
There's nothing to do in Morioka, but the city is renowned for an interesting culinary specialty...
Legends of Tono
Category: Travel
04/27/2007
Tono monogatari (Legends of Tono), a famous series of folk tales published at the beginning of the 20th century, is based in Tono. Tono's atmosphere is really mysterious and completely suited to that kind of legends...
Hiraizumi
Category: Travel
04/25/2007
A boat trip on the Geibi gorge, a temple complex in the forest, a beautiful park...it's in Hiraizumi!...
Naruko onsen
Category: Travel
04/24/2007
After leaving Sendai, I kept heading north, with another stop for Hiraizumi. I stopped at Naruko onsen because I needed to relax...
Sendai
Category: Travel
04/19/2007
First stop after leaving Tokyo, I was sick so I was a bit on the slow side, but I still went to see one of Japan's most famous waterfalls...
Tokyo 10 - Odaiba
Category: Travel
04/16/2007
For my last day in Tokyo, I went to Odaiba, on the waterfront.
Tokyo 8 - Ikebukuro
Category: Travel
04/14/2007
In my quest to see all parts of Tokyo, I also went to Ikebukuro...
Tokyo 7 - Asakusa-Roppongi
Category: Travel
04/13/2007
Today, two districts at once, just because I don't have much to say about them...
Tokyo 6 - Shinjuku
Category: Travel
04/12/2007
Shinjuku has many different things! Most notably a beautiful park with plenty of cherry trees!
Tokyo 5 - Ginza
Category: Travel
04/11/2007
Ginza and the imperial palace, a mix between tradition and modernity...
Yufuin
Category: Travel
01/10/2007
One day at the countryside, in a small town renowned for its natural hot water springs...
Bye bye Hita
Category: Travel
01/02/2007
I'm leaving Hita the day after tomorrow, after spending such a wonderful time! I'm then going to Kumamoto, Aso and finally Beppu...
Ise shrines
Category: Travel
12/17/2006
