Travel

Accommodation – bAKpAK Gion Hostel Kyoto, the city of geishas, historic temples and old streets was a surprisingly expensive place to visit. Well, I guess it was understandable since it’s a ‘must visit’ destination for anyone visiting Japan for the first time. For me it was my second so it was somewhat less charming and [...]

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I just had the worst 2 or so weeks, frantically running around assisting dad and my brother with their stolen passports, money transfers and constant ear bashing with their complaints and sulking. The story is that dad went with Jeff to Italy for a music competition and had their most valuable bag stolen in Rome [...]

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Miyajima in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan is a spiritual place with a handful of gorgeous shrines and temples that will impress even the hardest to please travellers. It also has a wonderful small street full of local specialties and beautiful snacks and a mountain with breathtaking views and a romantic manju making course. It’s [...]

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This is now day 5 of my trip with Yuye to Japan in March 2011. Our trip started just a day after the great earthquake hit.  Visit my earlier posts to find out what you missed! Nara – Day 1 Osaka – Day 2 Nara – Day 3 – Shunie (Fire & Water Festival) Osaka [...]

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Japan is all about the sushi, and you can’t say you’ve had sushi until you’ve at least been to a sushi train. For Yuye and I, one sushi train experience (consumed on day 2 of our trip here) just wasn’t enough to satisfy those unsuppressible sushi cravings so on day 4, we had it again [...]

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Day 4 in Osaka was a late morning for us yet again. We stayed up watching TV shows as usual and eating snacks we purchased the day before. I think it’s a better idea to do a complete post about all the snacks and drinks we had on the trip at the end just because [...]

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It’s always hard to wake up in the morning for me. Even though I spent months planning for this trip, setting myself 8am starts, doing a different activity every hour and even planning where to eat, nothing really turned out the way I wanted them to. Oh, I know what went wrong. I didn’t plan [...]

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After we arrived in Osaka from Nara, we checked into Hotel Hillarys which is situated right in the middle of Den Den Town. Although quite a walk from JR Namba Station (especially with our heavy luggage…), staying there was well worth the effort. Yuye was in heaven since manga and game stores were just outside [...]

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Hello and long time no see!! I know, I got lazy. As it’s been a long time since I last wrote a post, I figured I should just stick to writing about Japan (and skipping, at least for now, China) since that’s the freshest in my mind and probably the most interesting part of my [...]

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