The Marioby, Or There and Back again

My last posts may have triggered a few questions. Where have I been in Japan ? Am I just bragging and recycling pictures I found on the Internet ? To answer these questions, I’m offering a quick overview of my journey, complete with pictures of, not me obviously, since I like to stay in the shadows of this blog. Who then ? The now world-famous Marioby. Yup, a hippo. Since the camera loves it, it is starring in quite a few pictures. It’s been forgotten in Hakata, Himeji and Osaka though. I’ll highlight some of the places shown later with more serious pictures…

Everybody loves meeeeee (special thanks to our very nice tour guide in Gion, Kyoto)

I believe I can flyyy (above Sweden for a start)

Yes, I am here, find me in Sendai’s Zuihoden Memorial (Eastern Honshu)

Staring at Fukurajima shima from Matsushima (Eastern Honshu)

Messing around the flowers at Goryokaku Koen in Hakodate (Hokkaido)

Let’s get a closer look at volcanos (Lake Toya, Hokkaido)

Only in Hokkaido… good thing I managed to get one before leaving Sapporo for Kyushu

Sleeper trains : Japan Rail FTW

The sun, the sand, the ocean… and the onsen in Beppu (Kyushu)

A brief stop in Shikoku to visit a wonderful garden with monsteeeeeeers !

Singin’ in the raaaain in Nara

Making american tourists smile at the Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto since 2009

See the Fuji TV building behind me ? Yeah I’m in Tokyo ! The end of the trip…

(Arigatô Flo for the title’s idea )