{"id":73093,"date":"2020-11-06T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=73093"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:16:16","slug":"ojika-island-solo-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/ojika-island-solo-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojika Island \u2014 The Joy of Traveling Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If we are being completely honest, nobody in the world would consider 2020 to be a “pretty good year.” On the contrary, for most of us, 2020 feels like a continuous kickboxing workout to our psyche day after day. We need some relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s something about solo travel that is reflective, restorative, therapeutic\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Precisely what is needed after such a brutal year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There is perhaps a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel in Japan. International travel to Japan will be restarted for a handful of countries within a month of writing this article, barring any setbacks. And in choosing our destinations we seek out places with wide-open spaces and relatively few tourists<\/strong> \u2014 places like Ojika Island<\/a>, a secluded paradise in Nagasaki Prefecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wide open spaces of Nagasaki’s Ojika Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I went to Ojika on my own. It’s not that I don’t cherish the times I travel with my family, but there is something about solo travel that is more reflective, restorative, therapeutic<\/strong> \u2013 precisely what is needed after such a brutal start to a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off-the-beaten-path on Ojika<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Only a fraction of world travelers have ever heard of Ojika Island, so I feel like I’m letting you in on a little secret, which honestly brings a little smile to my face already. Ojika is a small island off the west coast of Kyushu in southern Japan. It belongs to Nagasaki Prefecture though many who have visited Nagasaki may not know of its existence, which is, of course, part of what makes it appealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n