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Japan Summary

February 27, 2014
Somehow, more than any of the other trips that I have been on, Japan needed summing up.  Whether I am up to that task remains to be seen but I at least feel the need to try.  One of the many reasons that I enjoy travelling is that...

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Tokyo, Japan

February 27, 2014
Asakusa Senso-ji TempleDay Five: Yanaka, Ueno and AsakusaThe Olympus hospital…Tokyo, the largest city on earth, was ...

Hiroshima, Japan

February 27, 2014
The Bomb DomeSome cities, no matter what else they have to offer and what else they may have made of themselves, will ...

Osaka, Japan

February 27, 2014
Osaka CastleOsaka, along with Kyoto and Kobe makes up the area of Keihanshin, an urban area of nearly 19 million ...

Kyoto, Japan

February 27, 2014
Day One: Downtown and ArashiyamaThe trip started with a 1.15am flight from Hong Kong to Kansai Airporrt with the ...

Taroko National Park, Taiwan

February 27, 2014
Sandwiched by two days in Taipei we made the journey to Taiwan’s other major tourist site, the Taroko Gorge in Taroko ...