Category: Japan 2018

Last day in Japan is spent in Osaka!! We go…

Posted by • August 22, 2018 • Japan 2018 1 Comment
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Last day in Japan is spent in Osaka!! We go for lunch in a character café, something I have only seen in Japan. A small pop-up cafe or restaurant where the entire menu is

Going from Kyoto to Kinosaki, this little hot spring village…

Posted by • August 21, 2018 • Japan 2018 2 Comments
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Going from Kyoto to Kinosaki, this little hot spring village has no less then 7 bath houses that are free to visit if you stay in one of the many ryokan in the village.

The main event of today is again in the evening…

Posted by • August 17, 2018 • Japan 2018 1 Comment
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The main event of today is again in the evening so we can take it easy most of the daytime. In the morning we join the big tour groups to Fushimi Inari shrine, or

Another day another side trip, this time we took the…

Posted by • August 16, 2018 • Japan 2018 2 Comments
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Another day another side trip, this time we took the train the the mountain villages of Kibune and Kurama. We started in Kibune where we had reservations for an exquisite kaiseki lunch on a

While we are renting a house in Kyoto we are…

Posted by • August 16, 2018 • Japan 2018 3 Comments
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While we are renting a house in Kyoto we are well taken care of, a local restaurant delivers breakfast every morning and there is housekeeping and turndown service. So yeah quite a bit of

Nijo castle lightshow

Posted by • August 15, 2018 • Japan 2018 1 Comment
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In Kyoto we skip the ideas of hotels or ryokan…

Posted by • August 15, 2018 • Japan 2018 2 Comments
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In Kyoto we skip the ideas of hotels or ryokan and get to rent our own little townhouse. The entry hall is decorated by famous artist Hideki Kimura, there is a small garden and

Fire ramen for dinner.

Posted by • August 15, 2018 • Japan 2018 1 Comment
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Next stop Gujo Hachiman, the town of water and dance….

Posted by • August 13, 2018 • Japan 2018 1 Comment
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Next stop Gujo Hachiman, the town of water and dance. While it is +30° outside it feels a lot cooler in this small city lined with little waterways and big rivers. In the small

Transfer day from Tokyo to Nagoya, but first we wanted…

Posted by • August 11, 2018 • Japan 2018 Add Comment
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Transfer day from Tokyo to Nagoya, but first we wanted to do something special. In Asakusa, the area where we were staying you have a lot of shrines and temples. 9 of these are