We leave from Tokyo and head towards Sendai but first we take a dag to explore Nikko. Nikko is famous for it’s many temples and shrines and it’s most famous one is the Toshogu

Today is a public holiday in Japan, which means that in a lot of places, there will be a lot more people. We start our day early with a visit to Meiji shrine, 1 of

2nd November, I’m celebrating my birthday in Japan this year No time to sleep in because we have tickets for the studio Ghibli museum, these must be reserved in advance and sell out weeks

After another quiet night in the beautiful Hinoki room breakfast was waiting. The ryokan owner had told us in advance that today would be a western breakfast (just to get some variation) but this