Tag: Shrines
On my walk between one of Morioka’s great noodle restaurants & Baeren Brewery, I passed several beautiful temples & shrines in a suburban area of the city. One of …
I visited Jinju, South Korea for the Jinju Lantern Festival. The annual event is the highlight of Jinju‘s calendar, and the primary time that the city gets visitors each …
While Jongmyo Shrine is not one of the Five Grand Palaces of Seoul, it was still a very important site of the Joseon Dynasty. It serves as a shrine for …
On my second full day in Fukuoka, I decided to take a day trip to Dazaifu, since I’d heard that it was pretty & had some nice shrines & …
I arrived in Fukuoka, Japan the same day that powerful Typhoon Malakas was hitting the area. Luckily, the bulk of the storm made landfall to the south and the rain …
My second day in Kyoto would be just as ambitious as the first. With only two full days to explore the city, I wanted to see as much as …
I began my trip to Kyoto by visiting some of its most famous sights, the Imperial Palace, Philosopher’s Walk, & Ginkakuji Temple. A visit to the Imperial Palace in …
Jonathan Sacks Last updated: March 18, 2023 Art & Architecture, Asia, Culture, Day Trips & Tours, Food, Food & Drink, Hiking & Outdoors, History, Japan, Kamakura, Tokyo, Travel Guides After spending the previous day in Shinjuku & Shibuya, I decided to get out of Tokyo & take a day trip to Kamakura. The city is filled with temples …
It was my first day in Tokyo. It was my first day in Japan, period. On my wander from Shinjuku toward Harajuku & Shibuya, I passed by the edge of …
While I had one more full day to spend in the Kyoto area, I opted to take a day trip to Miyajima rather than stay in Kyoto. I figured …
Welcome to this month’s roundup of my favorite Instagram posts from January 2015. I spent the first half of the month in Japan, so most of my photos are …
