Down to Kerala
Our flight from Mumbai to Cochin (called Kochi now) was a journey from a North Indian culture to that of the Karnatic South, from Hindi/Marathi to Malayalam language, from wheat… Read more »
Mumbai in May
The contrast between Japan and India could not be greater. I left Osaka where organization, precision and cleanliness are at their highest level — and arrived into Mumbai where… Read more »
Japan Finale
On our last day as we sat around our dinner in Onomichi, Paula asked what we were most impressed by on our tour. For me, and for several of… Read more »
Shikoku Travels
I am about to leave for the airport to depart Japan so will need to summarize the rest of our journey in the next 2 posts, a difficult thing to… Read more »
Shikoku Mountain & Shore
We see a Thursday morning market along the street as we exit Kochi to drive to inland Makino Botanical Garden and the adjacent Chikurin-ji Temple. No time to stop… Read more »
Inside Shikoku
Out of the rural valley and on our way to the major city of Kochi on the South shore of Shikoku. We stop at a sit made famous by a… Read more »
Exploring Shikoku
Day 1 in Shokoku: An early morning ferry takes us across the inland sea to Takamatsu, a major city on the large island of Shikoku. Attached to the mainland by… Read more »
Teshima and More Art
Our last day was a ferry boat trip to the nearby island of Teshima which was reclaimed by the Benesse Foundation from an environmental disaster zone due to large scale… Read more »
Art in Naoshima
I had spent a few days on Naoshima Island in the Inland Sea a number of years ago and was so impressed by the art and architecture that I wanted… Read more »
Jojuin & Uji
I discovered when doing research for this journey in Japan, that the Jojuin Garden, called the “Moon Garden” would be open to the public only from May 3-6 for Spring… Read more »