When we hired the camper van we also got an ipad, one to route navigate and second to locate michis, campsites etc. So far it had done a really good job. Sometimes you click on the location and you get lots of information and other times there isn’t much information. So far we had found …
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Nearly heaven and Nara…
Leaving Kyoto we headed quite late at night towards Yamashiro forest Park. We had been recommended the site by some German travellers we had met. The roads in the dark were quite hair raising at times. On our way back down in the morning the roads were fine and couldn’t see why we had been …
Hot and a tiny bit bothered in Kyoto Part 3….
Oh dear, oh dear I was now very hot and very bothered. One voice was telling me to collapse on the pavement and just melt away, another was saying that I might never see these sights again, then that nagging voice would counter and say, it’s not humanly possible to keep going but then the …
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Hot and and a tiny bit bothered in Kyoto Part 2
After we left the shrine we headed to the Botantical Gardens. We had quickly figured out the bus system. This was a blessing but in equal measure the heat was getting more intense and harder to deal with. The Garden is described as the most comprehensive public botanical garden in Japan. The large sign going …
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Hot and a tiny bit bothered in Kyoto.. Part 1
Didn’t have the best of sleeps as I think that during the night everything wanted a piece of me, ants, midges etc. I now have a body covered in various lumps, bumps, red patches and am incredibly itchy! Woke up at a ridiculous time but the bonus was being able to cool down in the …
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A mistake but a good one….
After the storm we decided to get up early and hit the road. We had a hearty bowl of cereal and left the camp at 6. 30am. We were doing really good time as the roads were quiet. Our plan was to head towards Osaka via the west side of Lake Biwa, hopefully finding somewhere …
A bit dotty…..
We decided to stay another night at Matsumoto, where we were camping was quiet and we had everything we needed. Another reason we wanted to stay was because we wanted to visit the Matsomoto Art Gallery. I like how things sound when they are translated into English from their website: The Matsumoto City Museum of …
Marvelous Matsamoto
Following the Wasabi museum we went to a park where previously the Matsomoko guitar factory once stood. They don’t make them in that factory anymore but there are other guitar plants in the area, which is unusual. They found ways of making mass produced electric guitars using computer controlled lathes which was unusual in the …
Hot hot wasabi …
Travelling in a camper van can be problematic, things are basic and it will never be a luxury experience and there will be issues around showers etc. But the upside is you meet people, you can go off the beaten track and you create less ‘corporate’ experiences. We arrived at the michi quite late, a …
Monkey business….
Starting early we packed up ready to go to The Jigokudani Yaen-koen Monkey Park. A detour of a couple of hours but our excitement would keep us going. We stopped on route for a quick breakfast by a lake. Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park is found in the northern part of Nagano prefecture. We traveled through stunning …
Random Acts of Travelling 