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Tag Archives: Japan Rail
March
03
Abandoned railway – Takedao, near Kobe & Osaka
posted by Claire Usmar
Train buffs and hikers alike can follow the old abandoned JR Fukuchiyama line for six kilometres through the Mukogawa Gorge (武庫川渓谷) in the mountains between Osaka and Kobe for a nostalgic adventure into Japan’s industrial past. The trail runs between Takedao (武田尾) and Namaze (生瀬) Stations on the new JR Fukuchiyama Line which runs from […]
April
24
Spring in the Japanese countryside
posted by Claire Usmar
Spring comes in a flurry of flowers to the Japanese countryside in the tiny town of Kubota in Mie Prefecture.
inaka biking
- Power and Might in the Skies – Komatsu Air Show
- Summer in the city – Osaka
- Australian Flashback – RM Williams Muster Longreach, the Queensland Outback
- Japan’s best Whisky – Nikka Whisky Distillery, Hokkaido.
- Sunset over a green glass sea – Ishikawa Prefecture
- Making soba noodles
- Blue Hydrangeas – Harbingers of the rainy season in Japan
- Summer roses in Ishikawa Prefecture
- Glimpses of Hokkaido’s Industrial Past – Around Sapporo.
- Wild Hokkaido – Daisetsuzan National Park
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