Thursday, 3 November 2016 This was a long day. We started early. By 7.45am we were waiting for the city tram in Toyoma. We wanted to see the glass museum before we headed for Kanazawa. What’s so special about this that we need to skip a leisurely breakfast and squeeze this into the itinerary? Well […]
Wednesday 2 November 2016 I was excited to visit Shirakawago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I think UN did a fine thing to make this label such a desirable thing among the nations. It’s a win-win arrangement. The country that gets a heritage site status for one of its historical or natural wonders benefits from […]
Monday, 31 October 2016: The grandeur and beauty of the Japanese Alpine route is impressive. I supposed any other scenery from hence would be an anticlimax. From Tateyama we went to visit the nearby Kurobe Gorge still in the northern part of the Japanese Alps. There is a railway that operates along the scenic gorge […]