Year: 2024
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Loose pictures: Fall 2024
Views which did not ended in a post of their own.
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Ishigaki
Day 1 It’s nighttime when we step out of the airport. A car is waiting for us and takes us a few hundred meters to a rental agency parking lot. We pick up our own vehicle and drive to the city center under a light drizzle. Day 2 The sky is gray, but it’s not…
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Momijis in Nara
Last post in the autumn leaves collection, after Kameoka and Kyoto, in Nara this time.
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Momijis in Kyoto
After Kameoka, stroll in Higashiyama around Nanzen-ji.
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Sound Retrospective: 2024
A look back at the year in music with statistics from Deezer.
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Momijis in Kameoka
The momiji season has arrived later than usual. First outing in the countryside of Kameoka, West of Kyoto.
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Loose pictures: Summer 2024
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Sunrise on mount Fuji
+1400m / -1400m / 11km Departure by shinkansen a little after 6:30am from Kyoto Station, arriving at Mishima at 9:20. Then we take a bus to Mizugatsuka Park. There’s a large parking lot, already fairly full, a souvenir shop that also serves as a cafeteria, and, most importantly, the station for the shuttle buses that…
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Road-trip in Hokkaido
Day 1 We pick up a rental car at Kushiro Airport in the late afternoon and head towards Lake Akan. We follow straight roads through fields and forests, spotting local deers. It’s drizzling. It’s dark by the time we reach the hotel in Akancho. Day 2 We drive 30 minutes east to the Yamanoyado Nonaka…
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Gion Matsuri
This festival is one of the most popular in Japan. Every year around mid-July, people come from all over the country to attend the festivities, which are centered around two parades held one week apart. Twenty-three wooden floats are assembled a few days before the first procession. The construction sites are scattered across the city…
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Loose pictures: May / June 2024
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The Sun at the summit
+1250m / -1250m / 17km It’s mid-June and it’s hot. I’ve prepared a few things for a Mount Fuji climb at the end of August. Stories about watching the sunrise from the summit gave me an idea: to climb Mount Bunagatake at night (after discovering it this winter), in the cool, catch the sunrise, and…
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All Time Low at the Gorilla Hall
The Gorilla Hall is a fairly new concert venue. It’s not huge, but it’s well designed: there are two bars, lockers, and a second floor with a balcony overlooking the stage. The band starts at the scheduled time – 7pm. There is no opening act, and I’m glad not to fall into the same trap…
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Loose pictures: April 2024
Views which did not ended in a post of their own.
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Trip to the sea of Japan
We reserved the last two seats on the bus from Kyoto to Amanohashidate at the beginning of the week. To travel on the first weekend of Golden Week, you either need to plan well in advance or be a bit lucky. Departing from the station around 9am, we arrive at Amanohashidate Station 2h later. We…
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Kumano Sanzan
The three temples dedicated to the three sacred mountains of Kumano, in three days! Day 1 Departure from Kyoto this Friday around 6:30am then change at Osaka to catch the Kuroshio. We board the train just in time after asking for directions twice: the platform for this train is quite far from those of other…
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In Fushimi Inari Taisha at night…
… there’s almost no one ! Despite the shrine being open all the time, and the torii paths being all lit up. There are a few walkers and two or three cats left. The ghosts are also out and about, showing themselves to anyone willing to see them. The darkness and silence create a very…
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Loose pictures: March 2024
Views which did not ended in a post of their own.