Edogawa Ranpo Museum, Toba, Mie Prefecture 江戸川乱歩館 A short walk from the oyster bars’ side of Toba Station is the quirky Ranpo Museum. The museum is the preserved former residence of local artist and writer Junichi Iwata and displays manuscripts, letters and every day items from the lives of Iwata and his literary friend Edogawa […]
JR Owase Station 尾鷲駅 JR Owase Station is the main point of access to get to the small port town of Owase in the deep south of Mie Prefecture, just before the border with Wakayama Prefecture. Owase Station opened in 1934 and is now on the JR Kisei Main Line with trains to Nagoya Station, […]
Kumano-shi Station 熊野市駅 Kumano-shi Station in Kumano city is a JR station on the Kisei Line in southern Mie Prefecture. The main connections are south to Shingu and north to Owase Station and Nagoya Station. The first express train to Kumano-shi Station from Nagoya is the 8.05 am Wide View Nanki that arrives in Kumano-shi at […]