The Journey So Far
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Tokyo, And Our Last Days In Japan
Positioning ourselves for a few days in downtown Tokyo first meant finding a secure and affordable place to store the rig while we “hoteled” it in the city itself. That, we managed to find out towards Narita ( home of Tokyo’s international airport), convenient also...
Hakone and The Izu Peninsula
Having completed a detour around Tokyo when coming down from Nikko, only a couple of places of personal interest remained before we essentially called “time” on our Japan travels and focused our remaining time on getting the campervan booked on a ship out. That would...
Nikko To Mount Fuji
Following what had been an interesting previous week, albeit travelling through a less notable area of the country, this last week took us to two of Japan’s finest (and arguably most famous), sights - historic and stunningly beautiful Nikko, followed by that most...
Leaving Hokkaido: To Northern Honshu
Just the south western corner of Hokkaido remained in our travel plans here and while our expectations for this area were muted, as often happens there were some very pleasant surprises - some even quite quirky ! This was the route that took us back to Hakodate and...
Hokkaido: Shiretoko And The East
The stunning lakes and outdoor onsens on the Akan National Park were definitely hard to leave but the next area of Hokkaido to explore would offer equally beautiful attractions and reminders of some Cold War challenges between Russia and Japan that linger to this day....
Hokkaido: Wakkanai And Beyond
Our route through north western Hokkaido. Come to Hokkaido and in the eyes of the Japanese it’s a bit like exploring the Wild West - some remote, forbidden frontier where most people just don’t go. Head to the very northern tip of Hokkaido and you are really living...
