B&W Photography: Tsukiji Fish Market
After my post about our amazing visit to Tsukiji Fish Market t I went through my pictures again – there are more than 400 from the market. Surprisingly there are […]
Tokyo: Tuna at Tsukiji Fish Market
I did not make it to the tuna auction, but if you are willing to wake up early enough then go to the Tsukiji Fish Market at around 4am. Foreigners […]
Tokyo: Tsukiji Fish Market
It was still raining the following day and we decided to visit the most famous fish market in the world. The Tsukiji Market is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood […]
Tokyo: Edo Tokyo Museum
Because of all the rain we had to find ways to explore the city, while staying dry. So we figured, we should go and see one of the museums. We […]
Tokyo: Kabuki-za theatre is open again
While writing yesterday’s post about Ginza I looked at my blog post from our previous visit (here) I remembered that the Kabuki-za theatre was still a large building site. This […]
B&W Photography: Ginza in the rain
Unfortunately we were not that lucky, the rain continued throughout the following days. We decided to visit Ginza (we’ve been here before in October last year and really enjoyed it) […]
Tokyo: View from the Hilton
From Matsumoto we took the Super Azusa train to Shinjuku Station. The travel time is 2,5 hours and it is a another very scenic ride. Upon arrival in Tokyo Shinjuku, […]
Matsumoto
Apart from the Matsumoto Castle there is not much to see in Matsumoto. We briefly visited the City Museum to learn about the castle, the city and its annual events […]
Matsumoto Castle
From Takayama we took the Nohi Bus to Matsumoto. The bus departs regularly from the bus station next to the train station. We didn’t need to purchase tickets in advance, […]
More gassho-zukuri houses in Shirakawa-go
After our brief visit to Ainokura we travelled to Shirakawa-go, the largest village with gassho-zukuri houses. We first stopped at the Shiroyama Tenshukaku view point to glance over the village […]
