• Torben Nordtorp
  • Linnea Allander
  • Torben Nordtorp
  • Linnea Allander

Japan 2024

After many years I’m finally visiting Japan! Woho! Read more
  • Travel to Nagano

    November 21, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    It’s time to continue to Nagano, so to the mountains we go! The shinkansen took us there quite fast, and we started exploring the city.

    Also some first some final pictures from Kanazawa.

  • Matsumoto

    November 22, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today we visited a mountain town known for it’s casle and wasabi farm! We even tried wasabi chocklate and well, its not very good…

  • Onsen Town Kusatsu

    November 23, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

    We arrive at our last stop before Tokyo, Kusatsu. This moutain town is sprawlig with sulfiric hotsprings that can reach 80 degrees, but the fumes smell quite bad…

  • Kusatsu - Second day

    November 24, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

    Final day in Kusatsu. We bathed in 2 of the onsens, 1 footbath (while drinking) and watched the Yumomi (water cooling) ceremony.

    Time to leave for Tokyo!

  • Tokyo Day 1

    November 25, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    We arrived in Tokyo! We started the day in Shinjuku, visited a lookout point, walked over to the meiji shrine and yoyogi park, went to harajuku and watched art and design stores, went to shibuja crossing for some sushi and the scramble crossing, and finally went back to shinjuku for the red light district, memory lane and golden gai. Long day!Read more

  • Discharge Tunnel

    November 26, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    We visited the Tokyo Outer Area Discharge Tunnel, a huge infrastructure project that is supposed to keep a large area outside of Tokyo free from flooding by moving water into big silos.

  • Akihabara

    November 26, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    We checked out Akihabara, the computer and tech area of Tokyo! I’m getting worse at taking pictures, but we went into arcades and tiny streets to check out the store selling tiny components for electronics projects, like buttons, switches, and cables.Read more

  • Last Night in Japan

    November 29, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    For the last day we decided to take a scenic train to Tokyo rainbow bridge, do some sight-seeing, and ending up in shibuja for a final feast!

  • 18 hours in Bejing

    November 30, 2024 in China ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    It’s time to fly home. But with a 18 hour layover in Beijing, China and a granted temporary visa, we decided to go and visit Quinamen Street and catch a glimpse of the nearby square and nightlife. It was a super cool street with a bunch of streetfood, and after walking down the streets we found a good chinese hotpot place.

    Knowing nothing and using google translate to order, we got some authentic food and acidentally ordered 42% rice wine! We had a good time!

    The square and street get shut down with (a lot of) police precense during the night apparently, so the few images I have are taken at a distance.

    Back at the airport we managed to get a hold of a 4 hour lounge room with bed and shower. Tomorrow is the final flight before copenhagen.
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  • Trip end
    December 1, 2024