Business Lounge Brisbane
31 maart, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Preparing the palette for the tastes of Asia
Business lounge Singapore Airport
1 april, Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Got distracted by the self opening toilet when I went for a shower
Hello Tokyo
1 april, Japan ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
We’re stuffed but we made it.
New Otani Hotel
2 april, Japan ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Breakfast at hotel, first garden with Sakura in bloom, then navigating Tokyo Station to find our train.
Kanazawa Day 1
2 april, Japan ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Bullet train to Kanazawa. A couple of stations before arriving we came out of a tunnel to farmland backed by snow capped mountains. Such a surprise.
Kanazawa with Yuri
3 april, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Samurai district, Geisha district, Wagasa painting, cherry blossoms in the park.
Geisha show in Kanazawa
3 april, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Private geisha show. Very special. If I didn’t already feel like a frump, now I feel like a bogan Aussie frump.
Shirakawa-go
4 april, Japan ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
UNESCO world heritage village where the roofs are in the shape of ‘prayer hands’ but in fact are shaped that way so the snow will easily fall off. One of the wettest areas in Japan. And SO cold.
Sightseeing in Tokyo
5 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Asakusa, Ginza markets, Tokyo trains, Kitchen street, Owl cafe.
Second day sightseeing Tokyo with Etsuko
6 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Shibuya Crossing, Hachi statue, Harajuka, Observation deck in Government building.
Shinjuku
6 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Sumo show
Mt Fuji
7 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Houston we just have visual
Time to board
8 april, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Regent Seven Seas - Tokyo, Shimizu (Mt Fuji), Kobe (Osaka, Kyoto), Kochi, Hiroshima, Busan (Sth Korea), Nagasaki, Beppu, Tokyo.
Mt Fuji Take Two
9 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Had a second chance to view Mt Fuji today and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect.
Kobe
10 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
An overnight stay at the port at Kobe where we can access Kyoto & Osaka. An easy trip today to Mt Rocco where the views were 0 feet. But I did try Japanese pancakes - yum. And a visit to a sakeMeer informatie
Osaka & Nara
11 april, Japan ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
The biggest Buddha I’ve ever seen, a Japanese lunch, Osaka castle, caught our bus driver sleeping, and of course the bowing deer. Some were cute, some bit me in the bum.
Onsen in Kochi
12 april, Japan ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Found my way to the onsen. Managed to get a message across that it was my first time. Snuck a couple of little videos. Didn’t realise I was meant to wash my hair so naked Japanese woman managed toMeer informatie
Kochi
12 april, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Loved this little place. Not too busy and I did lots of wandering alone. Sensuie Onsen, Nara castle, and street markets where this man and his dog were just too cute to pass by.
Hiroshima
13 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Peace memorial park and museum. Even walking around there’s a sense of people still silently mourning.
Okonomiyaki in Hiroshima
13 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
These were so delicious. Normally a one hour wait to get into Nagata-ya so we arrived 25 mins early and were the first in the door.
Busan, South Korea
14 april, Zuid-Korea ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Tea ceremony at Buddhist temple.
Nagasaki
16 april, Japan ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Portuguese shipping island, peace memorial park, ice cream, observatory
Beppu & Yufuin Village
17 april, Japan ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Loved it here. Wish I had another day. Yufuin village is so pretty and there are lots of food stands to choose from. Want to go back and try the cheesecake from Milch.