From Osaka, we headed west to visit a castle, an island, and a memorial. This was one of the most ambitious parts of the trip, and I’m here to tell you that everything in the blog post title worked perfectly. The additional plan of also going to Rabbit Island did not. We left Osaka bright-eyed …
Nara is one of the best day trips you can do from either Kyoto and Osaka. We decided to visit from Osaka, mostly because the accommodation is cheaper and therefore all our days in Kyoto would be spent in Kyoto, plus as you’ll know we absolutely fell in love with Osaka so we definitely didn’t …
One of the absolute highlights of our trip to Japan was, believe it or not, a day at a theme park! Japan has some brilliant theme parks, from DisneySea to Fuji-Q, and it goes without saying that Universal Studios Japan is one of the best they have to offer. We had always been planning to …
Osaka, I find, can be very overlooked on people’s Japan itineraries. Many people stay in Kyoto and make a day trip to Osaka, and I say that’s a damn shame. I can’t say what drew me towards Osaka so much, but it was enough that we booked a full four nights there. The main thing …
Kyoto was one of my most anticipated places in the whole of Japan. This historical and traditional city evokes every image of Japan that most people have – incredible temples, narrow streets with quintessential Japanese architecture, pagodas rising up in the distance, beautiful Japanese gardens, red torii gates, shrines lit up at night with lanterns, …
One of our absolute highlights of Tokyo was the Ghibli Museum – a haven for all things Studio Ghibli, and a must-visit for any Studio Ghibli fan. If you don’t know what Studio Ghibli is, they are a renowned Japanese animation studio, making incredible films since the mid-1980’s. They are basically the Japanese equivalent of …
Digital art museums appear to be gaining worldwide momentum in the form of events like the interactive Van Gogh exhibitions around Europe – but TeamLab have been at the forefront of digital art galleries for years, and Borderless was one place I really wanted to visit in Tokyo. TeamLab Borderless moved to a brand new …
On arrival in Japan, most people are going to be thrown straight into the biggest city in the world, Tokyo. And, despite not being a huge city fan, Tokyo immediately became one of my favourites! There is just something about this dynamic, engaging, mad city that hits all of your senses head-on in the best …
When planning a trip to Japan, it’s easy to get overwhelmed as there are just so many cool destinations in the country, and it’s so far-flung for many of us that you really feel like you need to make the most of it. We planned our trip to Japan meticulously so that we would see …
Guess what, everybody – WE FINALLY MADE IT TO JAPAN!!! Four years after we were originally due to fly out, we finally landed in the one bucket-list destination that kept trying to get away from us! It goes without saying that Japan lived up to every hype. It’s incredible in so many different ways to …
