Yes indeed this is my wife Yoko and I quite some years ago in Kyoto. In the eight or nine years that have passed since, I really don’t think my wife has changed all that much. She still looks the same. I can’t quite say the same for myself, but my wife is adamant that […]
Driving In Japan 21 : Sunsets on the Sea of Japan
It is no surprise that Japan is surrounded by a lot of coastline. In fact the nation is one of the largest and most extensive archipelagos in the world, super-ceded in this respect only by Indonesia and The Philippines. Other than the rugged, narrow mountain roads Yoko and I like to drive on, another major focus […]
Driving In Japan Part 20 : Muro-ji Caretaker’s House
A few months ago I had a posting about Muro-ji but never gave a moment to talk about what I thought was in some ways even more impressive than the temple itself, despite the 10-year restoration it recently went through to recover from damage by the huge typhoon back in 1998. Of particular interest to […]
