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I’m typically apprehensive when it comes to ordering new curries worried it maybe too sweet, too mild, carrots, peas, potato, what if it’s fruity. There’s just too many variables to taste and even after an analysis of colour, texture, and smell, it still feels risky with the purchase, although the smell tends to be the […]
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Sumo tournaments only come three times a year to Tokyo, which means the opportunity to witness them is fairly exclusive. Our visit was during early May (Golden Week) and the seats for the coming tournament were almost all sold out, and those which did remain were selling for as high as 68,000 yen a seat
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We’ve passed Sendai Station a number times in transit but, until now, we had never seen further than the bill board backdrop of the area. But the area had intrigued me and (due to a slight change in itinerary) we stayed a night in the Sendai Station area. On the day we actually start in
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In late April (2015) we travel to Mount Fuji Shibazakura Flower Festival, an annual bloom celebration, located in the Fuji Five Lakes region of Japan. We actually had planned this attraction for the previous day but, due to lousy cloud cover, we reschedule for the following. We did somewhat expect this and had booked in advance
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This list is bit of a mixed bunch as there was quite a bit of compromise needed (mostly from my side) between me and Fanfan. While I fail to sell her on the Maid Cafes of Akihabara, which are apparently “creepy” and “perverted”, I do manage to party with robots and indulge in other weirdness. Otherwise, we hopefully found
Themed Cafes and Restaurants in Tokyo (2016) Read More »
We travel to Shirakawa-go Unesco Village in Spring leaving early morning (07:00ish) from the city of Kanazawa. We travel southwest on our JR passes via Toyama to Takayama, which is the starting point for travel to Shirakawa-go Unesco Village, a well-known Unesco site famous for triangular looking houses among other things. Admittedly this journey did begin on a slight hangover
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For affordable Ryokan hotels at Mount Fuji, the best area would have to be Kawaguchiko Lake (fujikawaguchiko) found in the Fuji Five Lakes region. With its perfect setting next to Mount Fuji, the entire stretch of Fuji-facing lakeside has been taken over with ryokan hotels. There are plenty to choose from. But it is expectedly
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We travel to Kawachi Fuji Garden from the Yahata Train Station as we arrive from the nearby Oita area where we stayed the previous night while visiting the 8 Hells of Beppu (an attraction not to miss in this area). It’s around 8am when we arrive and we first stuff what bags we can into the leftover lockers at Yahata
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During our time travelling on a JR Pass in Japan we based ourselves a number of times in different parts of Tokyo. The usual protocol here was to find a station on the JR line, which is also close enough to the main Tokyo’s travel hubs, then search for cheap hotels. I can say, of
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The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, and the Great Snow Wall, is very much a seasonal attraction beginning in mid-April and ending in late June. Where any earlier and the route will be hidden beneath heavy snowfall, and any later and the snows will have melted. It takes place in the Japan Alps in western Honshu,
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