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Visited Japan 90 times (over 10 times each in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai), onsen stays over 200 times, driven 30+ times 😯
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Hope you’ll find something that might interest you or inspire your travel planning
Upcoming trip in 2023
- 2 weeks in early April – Sanin > Okayama > Kyoto
Trip in 2022
Trip in 2020 (prior to pandemic)
Trips in 2019
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- May – Kumamoto, Takachiho, Mt Aso, Kuju Kogen, Kurokawa, Yufuin, Beppu, Fukuoka
- April – sakura in Matsumoto, Takato Castle Ruins Park, Kawaguchi-ko, Akagi Senbon Zakura, Miharu-Takizakura and Nihonmatsu
- late Jan – skiing in Hakuba
Trips in 2018
- Mid to late Nov – Shikoku, Kobe, Nara, Kyoto, Biwako
- Early Sept – Karuizawa, Kusatsu onsen, Romantic road drive in Sept 2018
- Late July – Hokkaido for summer flowers in Biei+Furano
- Mid April to early May – Nemophila, Wisteria in Ashikaga. Sakura in northern Tohoku, southern Hokkaido. West Izu and Fuji Shibazakura in early May.
- Late March – Kagoshima, Ibusuki, Kirishima, Hitoyoshi, Minamata
- Late Jan – Skiing in Hakuba, visits to Kanazawa and Wakura onsen
Trips in 2017
- Mid Dec – northern Kyushu to explore Saga, Nagasaki and Amakusa
- Late Nov – Koyo trip in Miyajima, Kyoto and Biwako
- Late Oct – koyo in Okunikko, Kamikochi, Matsukawa river valley, Myoko Kogen, Naruko Gorge
- Late May – Koyasan, Kumano Kodo, Shirahama, Osaka
- Mid-April – Sakura trip in Kyoto, Takato castle ruins, Kawaguchi-ko, Tokyo
- Late Feb – Skiing in Kagura/Naeba and Ume blossom in Kairakuen
- Mid-Jan – Skiing in Hakuba and friends reunion in Tokyo
Over 80+ visits to Japan since 1999
