Author: peterpecksen
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A Month on Jeju Island
We have been fortunate enough to have secured a 4 week house sit on Jeju Island off the south coast of South Korea. This is much more our style and speed of enjoying an area. We are loving our time here. The current heat wave makes it a bit challenging but still a wonderful place.…
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Seoul
After taking the train from Busan, we stayed 8 days in Seoul and found it quite an easy city to relax and spend time in. There is plenty to do however it doesn’t seem to have the same urgency we experienced in the major cities of Japan. It is quite dramatic when you see how…
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Busan, South Korea
Our arrival in South Korea was everything we have come to expect in Asia. Efficient, friendly, and stress free. As we disembarked from our ferry from Shimonoseki, Japan we were greeted by a bustling modern city. The public transit isn’t the same level of convenience as what we had encountered in Japan, but it still…
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Final Thoughts on Japan
OK, I promise, this is it for Japan. There are just some thoughts and images that did not fit into the previous posts and I wanted to share them. I have mentioned the cleanliness before, but it must be restated. Mainly in the cities it is simply incredible the level of spit and polish. Yes,…
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Miyajima and Gone
After my last post about the horrors of August 8, 1945 I am happy to say this is a much more pleasant post. This island is known for its iconic Torii Gate in the water and a set of ropeways that take you most of the way up Mount Misen. Once we checked in we…
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Hiroshima
Visiting the city of Hiroshima was my the number one destination when we decided to travel to Japan. Though the dropping of the atomic bombs was only 80 years ago, it boggles my mind how little adults of all ages know about the history of this defining moment in modern times. Don’t worry, now that…
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Osaka
We have been taking trains all through our trip in Japan, and loving it. Green cars (first class) when we could and Shinkansen (high speed) when available. With a population of around 2.67 million people, Osaka is the third most populous city in Japan. Honestly I felt more congested here than in Tokyo with their…
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Kyoto
It is interesting when you are planning a trip to a place as popular as Japan. There is a lot of quality information (I mean that sincerely, it is there if you sift out the garbage) that is available on line and with the many people who are more than willing to share their experiences,…
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Food!
First off, if you don’t care about food that is ok, but don’t read any further. This post is all about our food experience here in Japan so far. Spoiler alert, it has been awesome. We started our Japan experience in Sapporo so I feel it best that I follow our route with the food…
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Tokyo, Part 2
One of the items high on our list for our time in Tokyo was to attempt to get a look at Mt. Fuji. It is probably the most iconic symbol associated to Japan and as we learned, well deserving of that recognition. There are lots of suggestions online as to how to see the mountain…