To the mountain!!
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
I decided to splurge and get the round trip cable car ticket just in case there wasn't enough time
It's only 2:30 that should be plenty of time to go up and down before 4:30 (it wasn't)
Oh the screaming
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
See: very scared and loud Chinese girl and very very dinky rodent type animal
Like three people around me: omg it's so cute
Ahhh relaxation
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Because I figured I had so much time (I didn't), I took a break to eat my momiji manju
Update: there was a 30 min CLIMB
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
So what I didn't know was that there's a 30 min hike to the top of Mount misen
What I discovered was that it was mostly UPHILL
I almost died
I'll do it for them views
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Unfortunate distraction
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
I spent the entire ride down trying to fix my jacket pocket because the zipper was stuck LOL
The tide is high but I'm moving on
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Recommended time for high tide was 4:30 which was right for sunset, but with the epic wind it didn't make for a nice photo :(
I also didn't bother going into the across shrine. The whole point ofBaca selengkapnya
Actually this made up for it
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
So I left Miyajima thinking that I was going to come back anyway, but the sunset did not disappoint!!!
Worthwhile trip after all
This train is full of the weirdest peopl
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
First there's a group of American guys who are having a real hard debate about who the best rapper is (overheard: fuck that bro okay let's all go in a circle and say who our favorite is )
(AlsoBaca selengkapnya
Dinner time snack
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
I was going to save this for dessert but yesterday I walked by this melonpan stall and there were sooooooo many locals lining up for it
Which means it has to be good, right????
Today I went by itBaca selengkapnya
Walk for 45 min to feel not full
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Something my mom said to me before she and dad flew back to HK
How convenient that there is a nice Christmas lights display
You know I can't get this at home
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
There's like one okonomiyaki place in Toronto and it's Osaka style, and anything I attempt to make at home will also be Osaka style (because I don't own a teppanyaki grill to make my individual layersBaca selengkapnya
I'm MARVELOUS
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Should I be concerned that this is the language my parents are learning
Last one standing
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Before my parents left they bought a bag of oranges (tangerines? clementines? yuzus? In Chinese they're just called gold LOL)
they left me with a bunch and now I'm on my last one
They also think I'mBaca selengkapnya
We interrupt this program
20 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
For cat shenanigans
Was wildly entertained
Hurry finish the battle!!!
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Between eating breakfast (consists of coffee, momiji manju, and cookies because I am an adult), helping the lady sitting next to me with giving her my tray space and getting her stuff down from theBaca selengkapnya
Forgot that this was the place I booked
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
It was the one with the weird ass space cat
If only my parents were here....
Fukuoka ramen is famous
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I'M DOWN
Surprisingly light broth that doesn't make me feel like I need to down a bunch of glasses of water
Scenic walks
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
It was a nice time to just leisurely walk around, which is what most people seemed to be doing in a Saturday afternoon
And then there was this guy...
Shake that brass
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Me, for a good 5 minutes: why do I keep hearing a brass instrument
I am so brave with Google maps
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
This bus has absolutely no English on it LOL
I can only guess where I'm going
I high fived Christmas Fuhta
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
That's the name of the tower mascot
Because of course it has a mascot
Also I don't know if I would recommend this for 800 yen but at least the stamp card was fun lol
Is that someone famous
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Very loud music at Canal City mall turned into a Japanese boy band!!!
I also feel like I keep seeing these not Kpop because Japanese boy bands on TV everywhere
Were Japanese boy bands always aBaca selengkapnya
Tis the season
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This mall plays Pentatonix for their Christmas music
I am liking it so far
New loud music
21 Desember 2019, Jepang ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This time in the form of a water show!
This is a very happening mall