The Journey So Far
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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...
Hokkaido: The South West
It was a long drive to get up here, and we dealt with a most frustratingly ridiculous issue getting our van on the ferry ( more on that later ), but once the door was lowered and we drove off the ramp into the streets of Hakodate, calm was restored and thoughts of...
North, To Hokkaido
The added bonus of making our way up to Kanazawa, while otherwise quite out of the way, was the fact that we were now at the base of the Noto peninsula, a region of Japan especially popular for its scenery, historic thatched-roof housing, and some of the country’s...
Honshu – Hiroshima to Kanazawa
First port of call as we arrived back on the main island of Honshu was the city of Hiroshima. Known the world over for that fateful day on August 6, 1945 when the first atomic bomb was dropped, it has since grown into a thriving and vibrant city ( if you have a Mazda...
Shikoku – The Small Island
Hopefully the route that ultimately leads us to Hokkaido will provide an opportunity for us to revisit Kobe given our short time there this go around, but for now the smallest of Japan’s four main islands lays ahead - Shikoku. Probably the most overlooked ( and hence...
Kyoto, Osaka, Nara and Kobe
Most countries have the odd attraction or two that get somewhat over-hyped. In Japan, Amanohashidate would fit that description. A place with an almost mystical/spiritual appeal to the Japanese, and which draws tourists in the thousands, we dropped by on our way from...
