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Koyasan, Japan, Kii mountains, world heritage, pilgrimage routes

The pilgrims’ pain

Koyasan is one of the World Heritage Sites on the Kii Mountain Range of Japan. For the pilgrims a thousand years ago, it was a welcome sanctuary.

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Where there’s a mill, there’s a nay

The Tomioka Silk Mill was critical to Japan’s entry into the world of globalisation and modernisation. So why hasn’t it been recognised internationally?

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Those little silver balls

You’ll see a lot of pachinko parlours in Japan but it’s a confusing game for outsiders. For the Japanese economy, though, it’s a huge earner!

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Is Japan actually expensive?

Japan has a reputation for being a very expensive country to travel in. It certainly costs more than most of Asia, but how bad is it really?

Photos of Singapore

A couple of days in Singapore

Just a couple of days in Singapore is not nearly enough time to explore this fascinating city. But it is long enough to realise you want to come back!

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An odd story of travel theft

Getting robbed while travelling is something you hope doesn’t happen but you’re always half expecting. But this tale certainly didn’t end how I imagined!

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Worshipping at the altar of noodles

Imagine an entire museum dedicated to a type of noodles. If that sounds a bit weird, don’t forget that this is Japan!

Tetsujin 28-go statue gigantor, large manga statue, Kobe, Japan

The huge robot that saved a city

An enormous robot statue stands over this Japanese city, as if protecting it from something. But perhaps it has already saved the day!

Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

“I would call it a kind of weekend house”

The ancestral home of the Prussian Kings has not been a residence for centuries. But it’s a beautiful reminder of the family who once controlled Germany.

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