For the car guys today. We hit the Irohazaka touge today of Nikko. Touge… if you don’t know, refers to a mountain pass… a serious backroad, and in the case of Irohazaka (featured as home of Emperor on Initial D) it’s something that we as Canadians can’t even imagine. Irohazaka, by name refers to 40 corners (or was it 44?? […]
We’ll be leaving Nagoya today, and heading for a small town known for it’s public baths and temples, named Nikko. Nagoya was nice… and certainly a lot more western in appearance than Kyoto and Osaka, with wide roads, real sidewalks, and even advertisements for a “New American Community” on the television. Not really what I’m looking to see in general… […]