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Earlier this year, I went on a business trip to Kyūshū for the first time. Since it was for work, I did not have much time to dedicate to tourism. Thankfully, not long after that, colleagues invited me on a trip to Nagasaki and Fukuoka. Here is a brief travel
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There are three famous stalactite spots in Chichibu (秩父三大氷柱). Today I went to see the Ashigakubo stalagtites (あしがくぼの氷柱). This one is not too far from the station. I first thought that these stalagmites were natural, but they are, in fact, man-made, with water hoses spraying water all winter. Nonetheless, the
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This year, we had a relatively late summer, which means that the period for viewing autumn leaves was also impacted. These pictures were taken on 21 November, but many of the leafages were still green. Nonetheless, the temperature outside was ideal for hiking. We started from the Kori (古里) station—
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Kawagoe, in Saitama, is an interesting city with a long history. You can walk in Showa-, Taisho-, Meiji-, and even Edo-like streets. It feels like a travel through time.
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Between April and May, Kameido Tenjin Shrine holds its Fuji Matsuri, a festival celebrating the blooming of wisteria.
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I went to do some birdwatching in 横十間川公園 (Yoko-Jukkengawa Kōen). Before seeing a single bird, this group of volunteers with Japanese-style rafts (和船, wabune) pressed me to get on and told me I could even try my hand at manoeuvring the boat myself. They didn't have to ask
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Last weekend, I went to the Shōwa Memorial Park in Tachikawa and snapped a few pictures.
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I went on a e-bike cycling tour in Asuka and learned a lot about the old capital of Japan.
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I love taking my camera on my bicycle, roaming around and taking pictures. I think there's a real sense of serendipity to it. You never know what you're going to get, but it's almost always worth going out in the end. On that day,