Can you believe it’s been a YEAR since we went to Japan?! Tomorrow marks a year since we flew out to Tokyo, so I’ve been reminiscing about our time there. What a blast we had – from the full-on bright lights of Tokyo to relaxing on a peaceful island with deer and shrines, from a …
If you’re craving Japan but can’t quite summon the funds to get you there, or if you just want a taste of Japan whether you’ve been there before or not, a great way to sample some Japanese flavours is to grab a subscription box packed with goodies. The only problem is, there are a few …
There aren’t many countries I visit armed with a list of things to buy. Shopping is never near the top of my things to do, even in cities or countries that are famous for it. Japan is the one exception to this, which is exactly why we didn’t visit on our larger Asia trip years …
Without a doubt, one of our highlights of Japan was staying in a hotel where the “receptionists” are robot dinosaurs! One of the biggest draws to Japan for me is the absolutely insane inventions they come up with, the wacky tech and anime, the nuts TV shows, and the fun things they always seem to …
There were many, many, many bucket list items for me in Japan, but almost nothing was higher – literally – than seeing Mount Fuji. We decided to leave it towards the end of the trip, for a couple of reasons, but partly because it would be a great way to wind down the trip out …
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, …
