I left my job to go travelling for 3 months back in 2018 and now I write about other places I visit!
So that's another tour done! I've always wanted to go to Japan and it definitely did not disappoint! After another early morning start we were off to the see Bamboo Forest! I'm holding my phone in the second photo as I was video calling my best pal at the time and wanted to include her…
After an early start we headed to one of the most important shrines in Kyoto, the Fushimi Imari Shrine. It's famous for its thousands of tori gates and leads into a wooded forest trail. A quick train ride led us to the next destination which was the Higashiyama District which is one of Kyoto's best…
This morning we headed to one of the oldest dojos in Japan where we were going to learn the basics of Kendo - the way of the sword. Our sensei was a fourth generation samurai who had many fascinating stories with my favourite being when his dad taught him the art of seppuku which shocked…
I mean, I've woken up to worse views in the morning! We headed to Kyoto in the morning but not before heading to the morning market in Takayama. below you can see a cookie based coffee that I had. It was probably one of the best coffees I've had and eating the cup afterwards was…
Today was an early start but I didn't mind as I got to ride the bullet train. This bad boy speeds along at over 300km/h and had the most comfortable seats as well. Along the way we also got to see Mount Fiji which was in-cred-able! The front of our accommodation in Takayama city which…
Wouldn't it be great to see Mount Fuji? We attempted to do this from the beautiful Mount Hakone which is also home to some lovely smelly sulphur and black eggs. To get there we needed to travel on 4 different modes of transportation which included two trains, a tram and a rope walk. You don't…
Today was fun! Started the day at the Tsukiji Fish Market where I ate a sea snail and then learnt to make one of my favourite foods! I'm sure you can work it out by the title of this post. Needless to say it tasted great and I'll probably forget how to do it when…
Before I talk about the subject title of this post I'll give a quick rundown of the day. Woke up nice and early for a traditional Japanese breakfast of boiled eggs, yogurt and a banana (not in the same dish...) and then headed out to the local market. After what was a seemingly endless walk…
Continue reading ➞ The one where I got to play with two otters
The titles for my blog posts are getting less inventive or maybe I'm just not funny anymore. I went to geek central Akihabara which is full of arcades, retro games, anime and VR porn cafes. Yeah that's right, you can watch porn in VR in your own private room for a fee. Unfortunately I can't…
Continue reading ➞ Maid cafes, arcades and meeting the new group
Oh Japan! If you ever come here prepare to do a lot of pointing as most of them cannot speak a word of English. Not that I'm complaining of course as my charade skills have levelled up immensely. Tokyo is something else though as you will see in the following pictures. The morning sun from…
