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The Gorgeous Golden Heart and Soul of Nikko: the Tōshō-gū Shrine

February 13, 2019

2 May 2018. I met a man on the train going to the Shibazakura Festival. He bragged about being a …

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Why You Should Visit Yangshuo!

February 3, 2019

In May and June of last year I spent four weeks in China, three of them on Intrepid’s China Experience …

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What’s my problem?! Arashiyama is touristy but still has much to offer.

January 23, 2019

14 May 2018. I take the train past the stop for Arashiyama and travel on to Kameoka. I’d read that …

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The Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Kyoto’s Kitchen and the Hollyhock Festival

January 10, 2019

9-15 May 2018. From the outside it looks like you’re entering a dark tunnel that goes on forever. Even though …

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Shooting Squirrels in the Park: a Montreal nature hunt

December 20, 2018

I first saw it about a year ago: a photo, taken by my sister, of a white squirrel in the …

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Travelling with a small-group tour in China

December 10, 2018

My latest article for Intrepid Travel has recently been published in their online journal. It’s about the advantages of doing …

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Japan’s Imperial Heart: walking the streets of Kyoto

November 25, 2018

9-15 May 2018. Kyoto is old, but she is no old dame. She is an ancient goddess in a flowing …

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Kimonos-Weddings-Geisha: the streets of Kyoto

November 6, 2018

10-15 May 2018. I have six full days in Kyoto but I lose two of them. I lose the first …

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The Red and the Gold – Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Shrine and the Golden Pavilion.

October 25, 2018

9-15 May 2018. In 1950 a disturbed 22-year-old novice monk burned down the five-hundred–year-old Rokuon-ji Temple in Kyoto, and then …

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Climbing the Sacred Mountain – China’s Emei Shan

October 12, 2018

Emei Shan, or Emei Mountain, was an unexpected highlight of the three-week tour I recently did in China with Intrepid …

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Gardens and Gold in Kanazawa

October 1, 2018

9 May 2018. In the grey early morning I wait outside the hostel in Shirakawa Village. I have a bus …

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Where time stood still – the Gassho house villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama.

September 22, 2018

6-8 May 2018. After eight days based in Tokyo I take a shinkansen to Kanazawa, and then a bus to …

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Ohmygosh Omikoshi! Shinto festivals in Tokyo.

September 6, 2018

5 May 2018. It’s a family affair. Even the littlest are dressed in happi jackets.It’s a community affair – just …

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A Kaleidoscope of Perpetual Motion: Fuchu’s Kurayami festival, Tokyo

August 20, 2018

4 May 2018. Seven hundred thousand! That’s how many people descend on the Tokyo neighbourhood of Fuchu City and the …

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