It was the third week of March when I made a trip to the Kisoji Valley and its famous Nakasendo trail. I can still feel the winter breeze wrapping around my body. The beauty of nature was what I was really looking forward to seeing, regardless of the weather as, in the words of a...Read More
Just south of Tokyo, floating in the Pacific Ocean, are a group of 7 islands known as the Izu Islands. On a recent trip here, I fell in love with Hachijojima. More popular with domestic tourists than foreign, it is one of the bigger islands in the chain. This was by far one of the...Read More
Just two hours away from Japan’s capital – Tokyo, lies a stunning gorge that will make you fall in love over and over again. Shosenkyo (昇仙峡 in Kanji lit. means “rising 昇, 仙 hermit, 峡 gorge) is Kofu, Yamanashi’s best kept secret and is one of the special scenic spots in Japan. Yamanashi is more...Read More