Surprising Horizons

• Japanese KitKat Flavors 3 years ago When I knew I was going to move to Japan I also knew that I would eat all the Japanese KitKat flavors I could get my hands on. This post is part one of many in my adventures chomping my way through the myriad of Japanese Kitkat flavors. Most of the flavors are based around… The post Japanese...
• Viewing Mount Fuji from Fujiyoshida 3 years ago Being the tallest mountain in Japan and the seventh-highest peak on an island on Earth, you can spy Mount Fuji from many vantage points in Japan. Viewing Mount Fuji from Fujiyoshida is relatively easy if you get a clear day. Here are the best places in Fujiyoshida to view Mount Fuji from. If it’s...
• Konkai-Komyoji Temple and the Big-Haired Buddha 3 years ago I have starred certain temples on Google Maps in Kyoto and one that I hadn’t un-starred yet was Konkai-Komyoji Temple, and the Big-Haired Buddha. The buddha’s hirsute stylings is not part of the official temple name, just so you know. It’s mine. It was under an undecided sky on the day that I...
• A Visit to Monster Street in Kyoto, Japan 3 years ago How does a visit to Monster Street in Kyoto, Japan sound? Monster Street, otherwise known as Yokai (妖怪; monster/ghost) Street, resides in a nondescript area of north west Kyoto city that warrants a ramble along if you’re “templed-out”. It is actually, in the real world, Ichijo...
• A Walk Up Funaokayama Park in Kyoto, Japan 3 years ago As you scroll around Kyoto on Google Maps you will see dots of green sprinkled around indicating, one would think, a park of some stature and presence. More often than not, you will find a small sand filled playground. Not somewhere you can go and relax. Kyoto does have some decent and real parks...

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