Wellington Airport
2019年11月12日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Early start at the airport ✈️
Headed to Auckland Airport and then Narita Airport (Japan!) ❤️
Auckland - > Tokyo
2019年11月12日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
On the Airplane headed for Narita Airport.
Feeling pretty cool and excited 😻
🇳🇿 🔜 🇯🇵
Initial Thoughts of Tokyo
2019年11月12日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Landed in Japan...
The staff are nice and very polite :)
This wasn't a surprising fact, but experiencing it in person and comparing it to New Zealand's hospitality was interesting.
I thought Iもっと詳しく
Lunch
2019年11月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
I really love the set ups for Japanese Dining. You can kneel on the floor or because the floor beneath the table drops down you can swing your legs under there and sit normally on the floor :D
Theもっと詳しく
Senso-ji Temple
2019年11月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Wow.
I had no idea it was so huge!! Senso-ji is so amazing. I just can't stop fan girling about it haha :)
It is such a special place, one that made me constantly stop in awe.
Normally I get easilyもっと詳しく
Shopping ️at Venus Fort
2019年11月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
⚜️ Odaiba Venus Fort ⚜️
I didn't recognise it until I had returned back home and was watching ReLife, but Venus Fort is a very well known shopping centre - one that I had seen many timesもっと詳しく
Hiroshima
2019年11月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Coming into Hiroshima the first thing I noticed was the vast amount of trees. They were spread upon hills for miles, all displaying their autumn colours.
As the plane approached landing I lookedもっと詳しく
⛩️ Miyajima Island I ⛩️
2019年11月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I didn't realise until on Miyajima Island itself, but there were a lot of deer or 'しか' (shika) 🦌 that populate the island. I was so excited when I realised how close you're able to get to them.もっと詳しく
⛩️ Miyajima Island II ⛩️
2019年11月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
I explored with my friends after visiting Itsukushima Shrine to see smaller shrines, explore the scenery, try some food, look through the shops and take the ferry back.
We didn't go inside theもっと詳しく
Dinner and 7/11
2019年11月14日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Dinner had some tasty elements, though I did not enjoy everything in the dish.
I found out I am not a fan of eggplants. But beside that, all of the tempura was very delicious. The sashimi was tastyもっと詳しく
Nukui Springs
2019年11月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
After an hour long bus trip, which I kept dozing off on... We arrived at our hotel for the night. It was in the mountains and called Nukui Springs.
I got paired up with Tessa for my room, which I wasもっと詳しく
『かけ高校』『kake high school 』
2019年11月15日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
The building for Kake High School was very impressive. It had been recently rebuilt and was a place I wish I could've attended for my high school years.
We had to take off our shoes and put onもっと詳しく
Homestay Family
2019年11月15日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Umeda Family ❤️
Kimoko (from the Marshall Islands) and I were paired up with the Umeda Family. They were so lovely, inviting and eager to talk with us, despite the language barrier.
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Lunch
2019年11月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This buffet was one of my favourites. So much selection. So many goodies to try and to eat 😻
My favourite thing was the Matcha Latte.
...I miss it so much.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
2019年11月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We were provided with a tour guide for the park and I was glad for it. He was able to help us understand and respect the magnitude of what had taken place in Hiroshima.
It's incredible to not onlyもっと詳しく
Sadako's Story
2019年11月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Sasaki Sadako is a famous story, one that is fascinating, yet heartbreaking.
Sadako was exposed to radiation at the age of two when Hiroshima was bombed. A decade later, she was diagnosed withもっと詳しく
Meet Komo-chan!
2019年11月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
2019年11月16日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum had many visitors. I was glad to see that. I think it's important that people know in detail the events that unfolded, the gravity of that kind of attack.
It was aもっと詳しく
Hananomai Edohaku
2019年11月17日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We visited for lunch here before heading to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. The lunch was nice, though not the best on the trip. However I really liked the decor...
They had a actual Sumo Ring. And customersもっと詳しく
Edo-Tokyo Museum
2019年11月17日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Edo-Tokyo was another large museum that we only scraped the surface of. There was so much to see and learn, but so little time.
Two things I really loved about this museum was the amount ofもっと詳しく
Shopping at Sunshine City Mall
2019年11月17日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Our hotel in Tokyo, the Sunshine Prince Hotel, joined back onto the Sunshine City Mall. So we had dinner within the mall and then got to do some shopping :)
Heres some finds that captured my eye ✨
Tokyo Findings
2019年11月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
On our way to Lunch, and thereafter a lecture on Peace building, I captured a few scenes.
The small red shrine was just on the sidewalk, outside a big building. I found it really cool though, I likedもっと詳しく
Buffet Dinner
2019年11月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
So Amazing. I wish I could eat here again!
There was such an amazing selection. I wish I could've tried everything but I just didn't have the room :/ however... There's always room for a bit of pud ;)
Last Night in Japan
2019年11月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
After dinner, a group of friends and I 'hit the town'. I was having a fun time, staring in wonder at the lights and branded buildings that I recognised. But we ventured on towards a photo boothもっと詳しく
Tokyo National Museum
2019年11月19日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Tokyo National Museum was huge! Three seperate buildings, in addition to a Japanese Garden sector.
Unfortunately we were only given just over an hour to explore, which was in no way ample time.
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