This route is, along with Yakusugi Land, the most popular in Yakushima, since it also allows to appreciate huge and ancient cedars next to the path, with a difficulty that can be overcome for most users. Continue reading “SHIRATANI UNSUIKYO”
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YAKUSUGI LAND
It is one of the most popular trails in Yakushima, for being relatively flat and simple and have a large number of yakusugis in it, and also close, although not on the route, one of the largest and oldest, the Kigensugi. Continue reading “YAKUSUGI LAND”
OKINAWA ISLAND
- I was here: March and April 2013.
- Number of days: 12.
- Recommended number of days: between 5 and a week.
- My score: 4/5.
The largest of the islands that conform Okinawa prefecture and whose name it carries, is also the most complete and accessible, Continue reading “OKINAWA ISLAND”
TOP PLACES IN TOKYO FOR CHERRY BLOSSOMS (SAKURA HANAMI)
Updated on February 28, 2019
- I was there: at the end of March 2013, 5 days.
- Time needed: as much as you can.
- My score: 5/5, I did not get tired, nor will I get tired of seeing it.
The Sakura Hanami, which literally means “look at the cherry blossoms”, is one of the favorite events, if not the most important, in this nation. Continue reading “TOP PLACES IN TOKYO FOR CHERRY BLOSSOMS (SAKURA HANAMI)”
KITAKYUSHU: KAWACHI FUJI-EN GARDEN AND ITS WISTERIA TUNNEL
- I was here: April 27th, 2013, and that year the flowering was already ending.
- Time needed to visit it: one hour.
- My score: 4/5.
After the pristine beaches in Yoron-to, a post-apocalyptic village in Hashima and a fairy-tale river in Takachiho, now it’s the turn of one of the most beautiful gardens in Japan, which like the previous ones, practically all foreign tourists miss. Continue reading “KITAKYUSHU: KAWACHI FUJI-EN GARDEN AND ITS WISTERIA TUNNEL”
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