Analogue Adventures – Yamanaka to Tokyo to Home – Day 22

All photos taken on June 1, 1985. Last morning in our castle on the hill and the view was hazy. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.

Analogue Adventures – Yamanaka – Mt. Fuji Excursion 1985 – Day 20

All photos taken May 30, 1985. Opening our curtains early the next morning brought an unexpected pleasure. Below us Lake Yamanaka (Yamanaka-ko) shimmered in the hazy morning sunlight, while the top of Mount Fuji gleamed snow white before us. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.

Analogue Adventures – Tokyo to Nikko and around Nikko 1985 – Day 18

All photos taken on May 28, 1985. Arriving at the Tokyo train station early on the morning of May 28, we were directed to our train to Nikko and settled in for the ride. But, looking at the flashing station stop signs in the train car, I began to feel something was not quite right.

Analogue Adventures – Tokyo to Nikko and around Nikko 1985 – Day 18

All photos taken on May 28, 1985. Arriving at the Tokyo train station early on the morning of May 28, we were directed to our train to Nikko and settled in for the ride. But, looking at the flashing station stop signs in the train car, I began to feel something was not quite right.

Analogue Adventures – Kyoto to Toba 1985 – Day 15

All photos taken on May 25, 1985. On May 25, we walked to Kyoto station and from where we set off by train for Toba, the cultured pearl centre of Japan. The trip takes about 34 minutes by bullet train to Nagoya and then another hour and 38 minutes by Kintetsu Limited Express train to

Analogue Adventures – Kyoto 1985 – Day 12

All photos taken May 22, 1985. Leaving the hotel in the morning, we were walking down a downtown sidewalk, when someone called out to us. We did not pay much attention, as we had become used to hearing only Japanese in the South. We got about half a block away, before we realized the person

Analogue Adventures – Hiroshima to Kyoto 1985 – Day 11

All photos taken on May 21, 1985. After breakfast on May 21, we made our way to the station to catch the Bullet Train for the 2 hour, 361 km (225 mile) journey to Kyoto, the historical capital and cultural center of Japan. By car, this same trip would have taken almost 5 hours and

Analogue Adventures – Hiroshima & Miyajima 1985 – Day 10

All photos taken on May 20, 1985. The next morning, we awoke to the sound of steady rain, but we were determined to take the boat tour to Miyajima, a small island of great religious significance, not far from Hiroshima. To maintain the purity of the island, no births or deaths are allowed to occur

Analogue Adventures – Seto Inland Sea & Beppu 1985 – Day 6

All photos taken on May 16, 1985. When we awoke early the following morning, we were just leaving the port of Takamatsu on the island of Shikoku. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.

Analogue Adventures – Osaka to Kobe 1985 – Day 5

All photos taken on May 15, 1985. We awoke the next day and continued our Osaka sightseeing before heading to Kobe to board our overnight cruise ship through the Seto Inland Sea. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.