Posts Tagged “Shinkansen”

Kobe

Posted on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 at 12:09 pm.

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 […]

Hikone

Posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 at 12:11 pm.

Chynna stayed at our apartment and joined us for a day trip to Hikone. A town on the shores of Japan’s biggest lake, Lake Biwa. It is also home to a castle like Himeji but a lot smaller. Himeji is currently getting renovated so we thought it was worth the visit to check out the […]