So we left the modern high tech streets of Tokyo for a daytrip to Kamakura. 1 hour by train and the sky scrapers are replaced by ceder trees and mountains. We got of at Kita-Kamakura

To avoid the rain today we went to visit the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: Teamlab Borderless, Teamlab. A digital masterpiece with projections on walls and objects that interact with eachother and sometimes it’s

Due to our side trip to Shaogawa we arrived in Tokyo after 7. Most of the shops around the Sensoji Temple were already closed but that does not mean there is nothing to see. ————————————— Door

One of the benefits of staying in Matsushima is that you can visit some of the amazing sights before the big tourist busses arrive at arround 10 am. If you want to visit Sendai

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6th of August is the start of the Sendai Tanabata festival. Other parts of Japan celebrate Tanabata in July but Sendai does things differently and bigger The shopping arcades in the city are lined

We left Aomori and headed via Sendai to Matsushima. We are in the area for the events in Sendai but we choose to stay a 40 minute train ride away in the coastal town

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You already saw the pictures of us dancing during the Nebuta Parade. Before we went to get dressed up we visited the city of Aomori. First we stopped by the Nebuta wa rasse museum

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