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Orange Railway and Kagoshima 2026: All Posts
#0 Index
Eight days in Kagoshima Prefecture along the Hisatsu Orange Railway: samurai streets in Izumi, the sea at Akune, quiet Satsumasendai, and Tenmonkan nights.
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Kanazawa: Start Here, End Here.
#3 Kanazawa Station
Kanazawa Station is where every trip starts and ends. With the iconic Tsuzumi-mon Gate, the Motenashi Dome, Kanazawa Hyakubangai mall, and connections to Shirakawa-go and beyond, it’s the beating heart of any visit to Kanazawa, Ishikawa.
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The Way to Kanazawa
#2 Komatsu Airport and APA Hotel
Flying into Komatsu Airport and navigating the bus options to Kanazawa — plus why I chose APA Hotel Kanazawa Chuo, right in the heart of the Katamachi nightlife district, with its rooftop open-air hot spring.
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This Trip Is Kanazawa
#1 Prologue
A 6-night, 7-day trip to Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture — with day trips to Shirakawa-go and Toyama. Fresh green season, great seafood, historic streets, and the iconic Kenroku-en garden.
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Kanazawa Trip 2026: All Posts
#0 Index
Planning a trip to Kanazawa? This is the full index of my 2026 travel series — covering Kanazawa Station, Nagamachi, Kenroku-en, Higashi Chaya-gai, Shirakawa-go, Toyama, and more. All posts in one place.
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Karatsu Travel Guide: Full Summary
#32 Epilogue
At last, my posts about my 4-night, 5-day trip to Karatsu, from February 10 to 14, have finally come to an end. Some of you who saw that I went on this trip may have become interested in traveling to Karatsu too, right? So in this post, which is both the final post of my Karatsu trip and its epilogue, I want to organize some vivid, firsthand information from my own trip and show it to you. I tend to be a bit talkative,so in the earlier posts,there was a lot of unnecessary chatter, right? Here,I will try to show…
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Last Ramen at the Airport
#31 Ramen Unari
Day 5 of a 4-night, 5-day trip.It’s time to go back to Korea. When I came from Fukuoka Airport to Karatsu,I took the JR,but it was quite a hassle with three transfers. When I searched online,it looked like taking the airport line would connect smoothly to the Chikuhi Line,but in reality,those direct trains only run once or twice during rush hours. In fact,I had to transfer once at Meinohamaand once again at Chikuzen-Maebaru. Including waiting and transfer time,it ended up taking about two hours. It was farther and more inconvenient than I expected. So I was thinking,going back to the…
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Scenes from the Street: Part 4
#30 Vending Machines
If you have traveled in Japan, you have probably felt this at least once.There are unusually many vending machines in Japan.So for drinks, you often end up buying them from vending machines rather than convenience stores. Ah, I mostly drink barley tea.Plain water feels too bland, and while green tea is the most common in Japan and has a nice bitter taste,I get tired of it quickly and can’t drink much of it. Maybe it’s because I also boil barley tea at home.Barley tea is easy to drink in large amounts,so when I need to quench my thirst during a…
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