HeyJaredAll Of Japan
The diary of a middle-aged foreigner in Japan, trying to see as much of the country as I can.
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#239 Friday, September 25, 2026: Fukaya Station, Saitama (opens the original)
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A short drive from Shodenzan temple is Fukaya Station. Now, I had no need of a train but Fukaya Station is listed in one of my travel encyclopaedias as a place worth seeing so off I dutifully went.The main thing you’ll hear about Fukaya Station is that it looks like a smaller version of Tokyo Station. It does, a bit, but Fukaya’s connection with Tokyo Station goes rather deeper than simply copying its appearance. Many of the bricks used to build Tokyo Statio
#238 Friday, September 25, 2026: Shodenzan Temple, Saitama (opens the original)
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I left Kinchakuda and headed deeper into Saitama to visit perhaps the prefecture’s best-known temple, Shodenzan, or, to give it its posh name, Menuma Shodenzan Kangiin.Shodenzan’s history goes back to 1179, when the warrior Saito Sanemori established the temple and enshrined Kangiten, a Buddhist deity associated with joy, fortune and good relationships. A statue commemorating Lord Sanemori was erected in the grounds in 1996 as part of the temple’s 818th anniversary celebrations.<a class="image-l
#237 Friday, September 25, 2026: Kinchaku Spider Lily Park, Saitama (opens the original)
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In Hidaka, Saitama, along the banks of the Koma River, a few hectares of land turn into a dense carpet of red at this time of year as the higanabana, or spider lilies, burst into bloom.Around five million of the flowers draw crowds of visitors who wander around cooing and sighing. On this occasion, some were arranging small dolls in the flowers for photographs and, as is always the case, elderly men thrust cameras with unfeasibly large lenses into the foliage. Today, I joined the throngs.<a clas
Bonus Destination #5 Saturday, September 19, 2026: Kawazu Nanadaru, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka (opens the original)
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With a typhoon approaching, I thought I’d take advantage of today’s dry weather and get out for a bit of a walk. I headed down into the Izu Peninsula to do the Kawazu Nanadaru hike, a rather lovely walk in the mountains of eastern Izu which follows the Kawazu River and takes in seven waterfalls along the way.Getting there provides a little excitement of its own. You first have to drive around the Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge, where the road spirals down through two enormous loops as it drops 45 m
#236 Sunday, September 13, 2026: Tokyo Gate Bridge, Tokyo (opens the original)
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The weather and recent commitments have conspired to keep me off the road for a month or so. The weather is still refusing to cooperate, but I had a free day, so I got up early and headed out through the drizzle. My destination was Tokyo Gate Bridge.Tokyo Gate Bridge stretches 2,618 metres from Wakasu in Tokyo’s Koto Ward to Ota Ward. It has acquired the nickname Dinosaur Bridge because, apparently, it looks like two dinosaurs facing each other. It does a bit, but only if someone mentions so bef
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