As we cover the high mountain passes on our walk, we must plan the itinerary considering acute mountain sickness (AMS). Raising altitude too quickly leads to illness that is severe enough to cause death. The higher the altitude, the less oxygen is in the air, and it takes our body to ...
In the past, these ships used to transport sake to Osaka, taking several days to do so. A collection of sake barrels from Kyoto's sake breweries. You can drink sake from all over Kyoto here. What was once a ship that transported sake to Osaka has now become a tourist boat, attracting...
Itinerary You'll start at 1-chōme-10-7 Tenma 1-chōme-10-7 Tenma, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0043, Japan The closest metro station is Temmabashi on the Tanimachi (Purple) Line. We are a 10 minute walk from Exit 1. For those arriving by taxi, ...
Oda Nobunaga, who would have been appointed shogun if he had not been assassinated in 1582 in Kyoto by one of his mid-ranking generals, Akechi Mitsuhide, who had close ties to the imperial household. To this day, there are many theories but no hard facts as to why Mitsuhide assassinated ...