A Travel Blog
And so we arrived at departure day, a day full of warnings about Super Typhoons and the subsequent cancellation of World Cup rugby matches. We were a little anxious, but our research suggested that the typhoon would not hit Tokyo until Saturday, many hours after our Friday 8:05pm scheduled departure. Still, we were relieved to … Read more
Our plan for our three full days in Mito was concocted last night on the basis of the weather forecast, which was for a grey, inclement Tuesday (today), and mostly sunny for Wednesday and Thursday. In other words, our two big outdoor sights would not be today, making today Kōdōkan Hall, Mito Museum of Modern … Read more
.. and then some … Mysteries solved Statues On our first day in Niigata I photographed some statues and indicated I didn’t know what they were. It was raining and I didn’t take a lot of note, including their (significant) number, but today we retraced those steps and I realised of course that they were … Read more
We woke up this morning to rain on the ground, though fortunately the rain itself had stopped, so we had a dry walk to the station. However, we also had an email from our Niigata friend, changing our pick-up point from outside the railway station to inside because a typhoon was heading right for Niigata! … Read more
Tomioka Silk Factory Our main reason for coming to Takasaki was to visit the Tomioka Silk Factory. It was Japan’s first modern silk factory, established in 1872; it operated until 1987; and in 2014 it was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first Japanese factory, we believe, to be so designated. Getting to Tomioka … Read more