Instead of lingering around in Kyoto for another day, we decided to do a day trip to Takayama on our way back to Tokyo. We had seen everything we wanted to see and we heard about Takayama last minute and just had to go. It was an intense journey for a day trip, with all […]
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In the morning, we headed to Arashiyama. This was an easy train ride from Kyoto station that took 20 minutes using the JR Sagano Line to Saga Arashiyama. This local shrine had carefully placed stones on top of each other everywhere. We then headed straight into the dense bamboo groves, which also included a flock […]
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We caught a shinkansen to Kobe where we met with Shingo, a family friend that is currently living in Tokyo but is from Australia and joined us for a day trip. Our first destination was Mt Rokko, where like Hakone, a few methods of transportation had to be taken to get to the top. We […]
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We headed out to Himeji, which was a short distance from Kyoto by the shinkansen. The renovation of Himeji was still ongoing so we were only able to tour the surrounding areas. At least the scaffolding had been removed recently so we were able to see the newly reformed castle. Famous stone wall […]
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We said farewell to Chynna who stayed with us for 2 nights, and headed on a day trip out to Nara. To get there, just catch the JR Nara Line from Kyoto Station 🙂 It was a gloomy day of pouring rain and very cold too. We spent the day in Nara Park as the […]
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The weather was still absolutely horrible.. but we had to push on as it was our last day in Tokyo before we embarked to other destinations. We were yet to check out Shinjuku, home of the busiest train station in the world. We started with Lumine Est department store. The weather was so bad I […]
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Today we started our day off quite late to have a rest in the morning. I guess you could say we had sushi for brunch as that was the first place we went to. Oh gosh it was delicious, I haven’t had chuu toro in my stomach for 4 years and gosh do I miss […]
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Today was a public holiday so wherever we decided to go.. it was going to be hectic. Harajuku and Omotesando was so busy! I’m guessing all the countryside people came in to Tokyo for the long weekend to do some shopping. We first headed to Takeshita Street.. and feasted our eyes on the interesting alter […]
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Today we went to Ikuta Park in Kawasaki. It’s a huge park surrounded by small woods of oak located in Tama Hills. As well as being a great place for a picnic there’s a Planetarium, Observatory, Art Gallery and a Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum. After going for a brief walk around the place and […]
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Because my goldfish father forgot my camera.. I only had my phone to take photos with so they could be a bit meh. But they have always been meh anyway so it’s no excuse. For James’ first day we decided he needed a coat to wear in the cold winter winds. He never wears a […]
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