{"id":28854,"date":"2026-06-06T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=28854"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:40:19","slug":"big-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=28854","title":{"rendered":"Big in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dat was dan Japan. Als ik de hoogtepunten van onze trip naar Japan moet beschrijven, dan zou het alzo gaan:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tokyo<\/strong>. Eenmaal per jaar komt de Japanse maffia (yakuza) op straat. Het \u201cSanja Matsuri\u201d, dat in het derde weekend van mei plaatsvindt, is een groots driedaags evenement. Tijdens dit evenement dragen leden van lokale yakuza-bendes de \u201cmikoshi\u201d (draagbare heiligdommen) door de straten van Asakusa. Ongetwijfeld een hoogtepunt, maar nog meer heuglijk was het wederzien met onze Japanse vrienden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Himeji<\/strong>. Als ik \u00e9\u00e9n toeristische \u201cmust do\u201d moet noemen, dan is het wel een trip naar Himeji voor een bezoek aan het gelijknamige kasteel. Het kasteel zoals we het vandaag aanschouwen, werd gebouwd in het begin van de 17de eeuw. Het is een magnifiek houten bouwwerk dat met zijn imposante uitstraling de hele regio overheerst.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyoto<\/strong>. Kyoto heeft veel te bieden. En natuurlijk hebben we het bamboewoud bezocht alsook het kasteel van de stad en de diverse heiligdommen, maar wat we me altijd zal bijblijven is het hotel waar we logeerden (Mogana) waar we elke morgen een uitgebreid Japans ontbijt op de kamer kregen geserveerd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Osaka<\/strong>. Ook het kasteel van Osaka is een magistraal bouwwerk, maar in tegenstelling tot Himeji is het grotendeels een reconstructie. Hoewel de buitenkant er traditioneel uitziet, werd het gebouw dat we vandaag zien in 1931 voltooid en onderging het in 1997 een ingrijpende renovatie. Evengoed zal ik me de drukte in de Namba-regio van de stad herinneren. Hier heerst een gezellige Aziatische drukte en kan je werkelijk over de hoofden lopen, en dat dag in, dag uit.<\/p>\n<p>Peter<\/p>\n<p>PS. Laat me weten wat jouw Japan-ervaring is!<\/p>\n<h2>Tokyo<\/h2>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260517_071127242.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Sanja Festival at Asakusa (aka Yakuza Festival)\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260517_071127242_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sanja Festival at Asakusa (aka Yakuza Festival)\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260517_043834940.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Shinichi and Tazuko\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260517_043834940_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Shinichi and Tazuko\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518_215257.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Me, Kaho, Haruki, Naoko en Astrid\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518_215257_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Me, Kaho, Haruki, Naoko en Astrid\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Himeji<\/h2>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0402460792.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Himeji Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0402460792_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Himeji Castle\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0338313323-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Himeji Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0338313323_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Himeji Castle\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0347035252-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"PXL_20260520_034703525~2\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_0347035252_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"PXL_20260520_034703525~2\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260520_135401.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"White Water-Lily\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260520_135401_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"White Water-Lily\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260520_125918.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Hemeji Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260520_125918_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Hemeji Castle\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_044950878.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Koko-en Garden\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260520_044950878_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Koko-en Garden\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260520_0443265682.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Koko-en Garden\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260520_0443265682_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Koko-en Garden\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Kyoto<\/h2>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520_1713543-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520_1713543_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520_171334-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260520_171334_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260520_0814534292-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260520_0814534292_thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"Arashiyama Bamboo Forest\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260521_081234.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Breakfast at Mogana Hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260521_081234_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast at Mogana Hotel\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260522_080626.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Breakfast at Mogana Hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260522_080626_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast at Mogana Hotel\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_022228097.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Kinkaku-ji Temple (Iconic gold-colored temple)\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_022228097_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Kinkaku-ji Temple (Iconic gold-colored temple)\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_0400517282.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Ninenzaka\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_0400517282_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Ninenzaka\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073822390.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073822390_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" width=\"24.75%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073833495.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073833495_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" width=\"24.75%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073843739.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073843739_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" width=\"24.75%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073854720.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260521_073854720_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Clay and Cloth: Shoji Kamoda and Issey Miyake\" width=\"24.75%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260522_014459322.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Fushimi Inari Shrine\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260522_014459322_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Fushimi Inari Shrine\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_083415111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Along the way\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260521_083415111_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Along the way\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Osaka<\/h2>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260522_080419112-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Osaka Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260522_080419112-1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Osaka Castle\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260522_163830.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Battle at Osaka Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260522_163830_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Battle at Osaka Castle\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260522_0924079252.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Exit Gate Osaka Castle\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260522_0924079252_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Exit Gate Osaka Castle\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0923470372.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Sumo Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0923470372_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sumo Wrestling\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_085233731.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Sumo Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_085233731_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sumo Wrestling\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0857133832.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Sumo Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0857133832_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Sumo Wrestling\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_042757447.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Umeda Sky Building\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_042757447_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Umeda Sky Building\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0335008142.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Umeda Sky Building\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260523_0335008142_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Umeda Sky Building\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260523_113146.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Umeda\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260523_113146_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Umeda\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260523_114219.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Umekita Park\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260523_114219_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Umekita Park\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260523_0607527572.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Namba Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260523_0607527572_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Namba Gallery\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260523_123545079.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Dotonbori\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PXL_20260523_123545079_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Dotonbori\" width=\"49.5%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dat was dan Japan. Als ik de hoogtepunten van onze trip naar Japan moet beschrijven, dan zou het alzo gaan: Tokyo. Eenmaal per jaar komt de Japanse maffia (yakuza) op straat. Het \u201cSanja Matsuri\u201d, dat in het derde weekend van mei plaatsvindt, is een groots driedaags evenement. Tijdens dit evenement dragen leden van lokale yakuza-bendes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=28854\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big in Japan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reizen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9SLK-7vo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28854"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28977,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28854\/revisions\/28977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}