Take the train from Hakone to Tokyo and check into an Airbnb in Shinjuku. A lot of Airbnb hosts don't live there anymore, they're just renting out. There is a password key box hanging at the door, and you can use the password to take out the key and go in. Before coming to Tokyo, I heard that there are many cat cafés here,…

It rained all night, the fog was very heavy, and the wind was very strong, which caused the high-altitude cable car to Owakudani to be out of service, and we went to the famous Owakudani. Owakudani is a major source of Hakone hot springs, and it is the remains of a crater formed by a volcanic eruption more than 3,000 years ago. I heard that the sulfur content here is very high, and the smell of rotten eggs can be smelled from a long distance. Local specialties are…

When I went for a run by the river on the last morning in Kyoto, I saw the self-entertaining bird I saw last night. I went back to the youth hostel and had an exquisite breakfast. Later, I saw a lot of children going to school. The school uniform and schoolbag of the little girl in the last picture are too cute.

I rented an electric bicycle early in the morning and rode to Kiyomizu-dera of Kiyomizu Temple first. Kiyomizu Temple is the oldest temple in Kyoto, surrounded by green trees. The roof of the main hall has been under repair, and it is impossible to see the whole view of Kiyomizu Temple. It is said that the renovation project will be completely completed in 2020. Kiyomizu Temple is built on Mount Otowa, so you have to climb uphill to get to the entrance...

Kyoto is full of Japanese monuments everywhere. Today, visit Fushimi Inari-taisha, a thousand-year-old shrine. Last night, I met a girl from Shenzhen in a youth hostel. She can speak Japanese. She works in a Japanese company and often travels to Japan. I made an appointment to go to Fushimi Inari Shrine together. …

I left Fukui, a large rural area, and went to the city to go to Kyoto. My first impression of Kyoto was quite good. I checked into a youth hostel and spent a night shopping in the nearby Gion (Kyoto Geisha District). The representative building here is the Gion Musical Theater. Walking on the street, I saw a lot of tourists wearing rented kimonos, and occasionally I saw real geisha wearing wooden clogs, step…

In fact, before returning to China in April, I started planning a trip to Japan. I applied for a visa in the United States and bought a Japan Shinkansen train pass that only foreign tourists can buy. I got in touch with a friend who has been teaching English for two years in Fukui, a large rural area in Japan. Just in time for the May Day Golden Week in Japan, she also has a week off and can play with me. Together the two made a…