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Visited Japan over 90 times (over 10 times each in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai), onsen stays over 240 times, driven 40+ times  😯

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Hope you’ll find something that might interest you or inspire your travel

Trips in 2026

• June – 7 days in Hokkaido
• May – 8 days in northern Kyushu
• end March/early April – 11 days in Chugoku, Kagawa, Fukuoka
• late Jan – skiing in Hakuba

Trips in 2025

• Nov/Dec – Kansai, Kyoto, Osaka
• end March/early April – 11 days in Tokyo, Izu Peninsula, Yokohama
• mid Feb – skiing in Hakuba

Trips in 2024

• Nov/Dec – Kinosaki onsen, Amanohashidate, Kyoto, Biwako+Osaka
• late March/early April – 10 days in northern Kyushu, including 2 days in Matsuyama Saga, Karatsu, Yamaga, Kikuchi gorge, Yufuin, Beppu, Matsuyama, Fukuoka

• late Jan – skiing in Hakuba

Trips in 2023

• 1 week in late Aug – Tokyo > Chubu (Matsumoto > Norikura Kogen > Kamikochi > Takayama > Myoko Kogen > Nagano) > Tokyo
• 2 weeks in early April for sakura – Sanin (Izumo Taisha > Matsue Castle + Adachi Museum > Kurayoshi) > Tsuyama+Okayama > Kyoto + Omihachiman
• late Feb – skiing in Hakuba

Trips in 2022

• Nov/Dec – Osaka/Arima onsen > Kyoto > Hokuriku > Tokyo 

Trip in 2020 (prior to pandemic)

• Jan  –  northern Kyushu for onsen and sightseeing
  

Trips in 2019

• Nov 2nd koyo trip –   Nara Prefecture,  Osaka/Arima onsen,  Kyoto.

• Sep 1st koyo trip in Daisetsuzan –   Furano,   Sounkyo,   Kogen onsen,   Ginsendai,   Sapporo/Otaru

• May – Kumamoto,  Takachiho,  Mt Aso,  Kuju Kogen,  Kurokawa,  Yufuin,  Beppu,  Fukuoka
• April – sakura in Matsumoto, Takato Castle Ruins Park, Kawaguchi-ko,  Akagi Senbon Zakura, Miharu-Takizakura and Nihonmatsu
  
• late Jan – skiing in Hakuba
  

Trips in 2018

• Mid to late Nov  –   Shikoku,   Kobe,  Nara,  Kyoto,  Biwako 
• Early Sept –  Karuizawa, Kusatsu onsen, Romantic road drive  in Sept 2018
  
• Late July – Hokkaido for summer flowers in Biei+Furano
• Mid April to early May – Nemophila, Wisteria in Ashikaga.   Sakura in northern Tohoku,  southern Hokkaido.  West Izu and Fuji Shibazakura in early May.
  
• Late March – Kagoshima, Ibusuki, Kirishima, Hitoyoshi, Minamata
• Late Jan – Skiing in Hakuba, visits to Kanazawa and Wakura onsen

Trips in 2017

• Mid Dec – northern Kyushu to explore Saga, Nagasaki and Amakusa
• Late Nov – Koyo trip in Miyajima, Kyoto and Biwako
• Late Oct – koyo in Okunikko, Kamikochi, Matsukawa river valley, Myoko Kogen, Naruko Gorge
• Late May – Koyasan, Kumano Kodo, Shirahama, Osaka
• Mid-April – Sakura trip in Kyoto, Takato castle ruins, Kawaguchi-ko, Tokyo
• Late Feb – Skiing in Kagura/Naeba and Ume blossom in Kairakuen
• Mid-Jan – Skiing in Hakuba and friends reunion in Tokyo