The Seikan Tunnel links Honshu, the main island of Japan, with Hokkaidō, the northern island, by rail way. It’s length is 53.85km, the longest tunnel in the world, with the under sea section 23.3km long. The Tsugaru Kaikyo Line was completed in March of 1985, and the Seikan Tunnel, included within the line, was originally […]

Beautiful park and observatory on a small mountian top on the coast. The way was wrapped up with the usual local meal. This was a hole in the wall restaurant in Shiriki.

Beautiful scenic spot on the northwest coast line of Aomori.

So I was relaxing at home and looked out of the window and noticed the day was too beautiful to just play Xbox all day and watch tv series and movies. So I hit up my google maps saved places, scrolled to the “want to go places” and sent out on my adventure. The following […]

“Goshogawara Tachineputa” is one of the biggest summer festivals in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The characters displayed on the floats are huge lanterns.  Back in the early 1900s, Neputa was a symbol for power and wealth for people like farmers, land owners and merchants. It mostly meant “rich merchants”, especially in Goshogawara. The Nunokas were known […]

“>-full” src=”http://voyagertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180507_153610443503351.jpg” alt=”” width=”3000″ height=”2250″ /> The garden has several distinct features. Directly in front of the shoin-style main house building, two large stepping stones are arranged with a gap so large in between them that it is almost impossible to cross without hopping. Once across the stepping stones, there is a “dry pond” (water […]

“>-full” src=”http://voyagertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180507_124008672894134.jpg” alt=”” width=”3000″ height=”2250″ /> Many of the structures of Iwakiyama Shrine date from the early Edo period, and were built in 1694 under the sponsorship of the Tsugaru clan of Hirosaki Domain. The two-story main gate (Ryōmon) was built in 1628. The Honden, Heiden, Oku-no-mon and Ryōmon are built in the yosegi-zukuri style […]