Tokyo – Morioka – Tokyo, Japan Again, why Morioka? I really have no clue. Probably because it’s raining in Nagano. Or it could be the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Day 317: Fantasea!
Tokyo – Mitaka – Tokyo, Japan From many reviews of things to do in Tokyo, experiencing the tuna action and eating the fresh sushi in […]
Day 316: See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
Tokyo – Nikko – Tokyo, Japan Nikko boasts of its World Heritage temple areas and it is indeed like the Disneyland of temples. With a […]
Day 315: ¥5
Tokyo, Japan At noon today, I met up with Akie and moved in from the hostel to her place. Akie lived in a cool shared […]
Day 314: Nippon!
Jakarta, Indonesia – Narita – Tokyo, Japan Being one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world, I wouldn’t have expected to encounter any […]
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 […]