Fresh off a manhole adventure in Amanohashidate, we hopped a train to a little town called Kameoka. Located roughly 16km upriver of Kyoto’s famed Arashiyama, Kameoka is the boarding point of the traditional Hozugawa Riverboat. i.e. the reason for our…
For the past few years, I’ve wanted to visit Ine, a traditional seaside fishing village on the coast of the Sea of Japan, a few hours from Kyoto. It’s just a liiiittle bit out of the way and never quite…
I’m not kidding when I say that the first thing I did upon arrival in Kyoto was to go find a manhole card. Just ask the lobby boy! We travelled there in one of my favourite modes of transport, too:…
Whenever I need to go out these days, I always check to see if there’s a manhole card near my destination. On the final stretch of our Yamanote Line walk (a 32km loop around Tokyo that we broke up into…
The thing I love most about Japan’s manhole cards is that they’re designed to shed light on various corners of culture and history which helps me to piece together the grand puzzle that is Japan. When out collecting, I always…
For those not in the know, manhole cards are a Japanese tourism tool used to bring people to particular areas. Collectors will travel in order to get a free card from a set location. The card then explains the reasoning…
