Trip Kanto area in Japan b car. Kanto area include Ibaragi, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo and Kanazawa.

Komoro Kaikoen
06/01/2019 / Last updated : 19/08/2020 d.d Drive Kanto Area

Komoro – Castle, garden and town　小諸

Day 64 Waking Nightmare I awoke to the realization that Trump was not just a nightmare but, a hard reality, on this bitter morning. The michi-no-eki ‘Raiden kurumi no sato’ is surrounded by mountains but there is no significant snow on them. Komoro We decide to start the day with a walk in the gardens of Komoro castle ruins ‘Komoro Kaikoen’. The momiji is very pretty and some white plaster buildings make it all very picturesque but, I can’t help feeling how excited I would have been 30 plus years ago. I still appreciate it but, it doesn’t excite. There is not much of the castle to see only some […]
dragon
19/12/2018 / Last updated : 19/08/2020 d.d Drive Kanto Area

Nikko, Senjogahara hiking　日光

Day 61 The morning is cold in michi-no-eki Nikko. There is ice on the windscreen for the first time. The michi-no-eki (road station) is not very large but very busy as people visit the toilet and the convenience store. Toshogu, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is time for us to pay our respects to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so we head out to his shrine, Toshogu. This shrine, where Tokugawa Ieyasu was enshrined as a god, was re-constructed in 1636 by his grandson the third Tokugawa shogun. We have some trouble finding the car park but, eventually, walk to the shrine. The entrance fee is an exorbitant 1300 yen, especially as most of the […]