Our last day in Japan, good thing we were on schedule with our to-visit list. Only one left – Harajuku! We decide to start off with our last shrine of the trip. The Meiji Jingu Shrine. It’s not about gods or deity, but it’s a shrine to pay homage to the late Meiji Emperor. To [...]
Last 2 days here in Japan. First stop for us was Nakano Broadway. I read that Mandarake has numeours chain shops there. From Nakano Station, we found our way there by going through a long shopping alley. We stop by one of the ramen shop for a quick brunch. Joelle has grown quite fond of [...]
Our morning started off with a in-house breakfast spread! The chamber maid came to set up the tables for the feast and also to keep away the futons. After that hearty breakfast we set off to our day tour. We first noticed the mountains in the distance became snowcapped! It snowed, we were actually excited [...]
It’s another long train ride to Hakone, so we made it a point to be on time and not to miss our train. We actually saw the enormous Mt Fuji on the bullet train ride from Osaka to Odawara. We finally reached Hakone at about 2pm. Hakone ended up as quite an uneventful trip. We [...]
After a very satisfying night’s sleep at the Fraser’s Residence, we woke up looking to visit Nara. It’s famous for having free roaming deers. Again, we headed for the main attraction of each area, this time it’s the Todaiji. Roughly translates as the “high ceiling temple”, if I’m not wrong. Before we reach the temple, [...]
Now that I think back, I enjoyed Kyoto alot. More than Tokyo. (Anybody find it interesting that the 2 known capitals are reversed in their naming ? To-Kyo and Kyo-To) Tokyo is rather modernized. Kyoto still retains much of the Japanese Culture and Flavour. As we are leaving for Osaka tonight, we are once again [...]
