Seoul, Korea Like always, I never knew what’s going on in a place before getting there. After chatting with other travelers at the hostel, I learnt about some local cheap food, a world expo in Yeosu, and an old street in Seoul. That’s exactly what […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Day 327: Japan-hacking
Tokyo – Narita, Japan – Incehon – Seoul, Korea Last day in Japan. I think this is the ideal entry to do a breakdown of my 2-week Japan Rail Pass and see how I faired. 6/15 Narita – Tokyo; Tokyo – Ueno; Ueno – Shinjuku; […]
Day 326: Green With Envy
Tokyo, Japan For all you designers, producers and creative bunch out there… do visit Tokyo Advertising Museum if you’re in town. It’s free and it’s brilliant! Never thought I would spend so much time in that small museum. It features all the coolest advertisement from […]
Day 325: You Ma’am, Are A Geek, Not A Scholar
Tokyo – Sendai – Matsushima – Sendai – Tokyo, Japan I hit up another “Nihon Sankei” site for today: Matsushima. This area is famous for its hundreds of small pine tree covered islands. Hence the name “Matsu” (pine) and “Shima” (island). Strangely, I thought I […]
Day 324:Tiptoe Through the True Bits
Tokyo – Morioka – Tokyo, Japan Again, why Morioka? I really have no clue. Probably because it’s raining in Nagano. Or it could be the current relentless Iwate region tourism campaign. I was in Morioka with loads of elderly (60+ years old) tourists. There must be […]
Day 323: Glitters Like Gold
Tokyo – Niigata – Urushiyama – Niigata – Tokyo, Japan It’s 6pm and I stood in a bus stop shelter on my own in the middle of nowhere in a prefecture called Urushiyama. There were only rice fields and residential houses around and some factories. […]
Day 322: Ten Thousands Red Gates, Zero Red Balloons
Kyoto – Tokyo, Japan I think I’m overdosing on temples. I had wanted to go to Nara, another world heritage temple ground, probably very similar to Nikko and Miyajima. Upon researching online, I learnt that each temple there would cost me ¥500 a pop; price […]
Day 321: “Check Is This!”
Kyoto – Osaka – Kyoto, Japan The plan was to visit some landmarks in Osaka. But my my, I got stuck the entire afternoon in Osaka’s hippest district named “Amerikamura”, literally translates as American village. As the name suggested, all the hipsters here dress and […]
Day 320: Bored in Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan Travelling sucks when the weather is bad. I have heard nothing but good thing about Kyoto but I hardly enjoyed my day here. It rained the entire morning. I thought I should just paid and entered the International Manga Museum and waited out […]
Day 319: Fineshrine
Hiroshima – Miyajima – Hiroshima – Kyoto, Japan Miyajima is considered one of the three most scenic sites in Japan (Nihon Sankei). It absolutely earns the credit rightfully. The main attraction is the floating Torii gate and temple that during high tide would seemingly rise […]
Day 318: Enola Gay, You Should Have Stayed Home Yesterday
Tokyo – Hiroshima, Japan The trip from Tokyo to Hiroshima took 5 hour on two bullet train rides. Arriving in Hiroshima, my first destination was the Peace Memorial Museum. The museum is a tribute to that doomed day of August 6, 1945 when the US’ […]
Day 329: This Lil’ Piggy Went to the Market
Seoul, Korea I was glad I visited the free National Art Gallery in Seoul. It’s very comprehensive in terms of Korean history. Definitely learnt a great deal as I knew close to nothing about Korea. However, the most marvelous piece I saw there was an […]