Day one - plane and train
2020年2月8日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
After a breezy (15min from car to duty free) security check and immigration (though the auto gate wouldn't let B out, thought I was about to travel on my own) we had some breakfast before boarding ourもっと詳しく
Kaiseki cuisine
2020年2月9日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Today was another long travel day - a 10:03am shinkansen from Tokyo had us in Hiroshima at 2:35pm , where we transferred to a local train and arrived in Ono-ura at 3:29. Breakfast was a tuna mayoもっと詳しく
Onsens and Miyajima island
2020年2月10日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Waking up early after a comfortable night on our futons, we had an early morning onsen before having a Japanese style breakfast at our ryokan. We had veggies, tofu, steamed sea bream in the mostもっと詳しく
Humble Hiroshima
2020年2月11日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Today we woke as the sun rose and had our last onsen. We had a western style breakfast before our ryokan hosts bid us farewell and drove us to the train station. From there we caught a local trainもっと詳しく
Hiroshima to Kyoto
2020年2月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Today we woke early but had a lazy morning before heading out for coffee at 9am. We walked to Hiroshima Orizuru Tower which has a really cool rooftop area with great views of the peace Park and theもっと詳しく
First full day in Kyoto
2020年2月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we headed to Nishiki market, which apparently doesn't open until 10am! We settled for coffee before finding a place that did pancakes not too far away. A bit average and over priced, we then setもっと詳しく
Arashiyama
2020年2月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
After stopping at our local Lawson for coffee, we were off to Arashiyama by train. We wandered through the streets before seeing the magnificent bamboo grove. We were lucky that it wasn't very busy -もっと詳しく
Nara
2020年2月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
After a late start and a Lawson Breakfast (I'm not a huge fan of eggs but the egg sandwich got a thumbs up from me) we headed to the train station to go to Nara for the day. We got to Nara just afterもっと詳しく
Fushimi Inari Shrine
2020年2月16日, 日本 ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Today we woke to a rainy morning. After sandwiches and coffee for breakfast, we headed to Fushimi Inari shrine. We spent about an hour wandering up the hill side under the orange torii gates, the sizeもっと詳しく
Osaka
2020年2月17日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
After a relaxing slow start, including our infamous convenience store breakfast, we headed to Kyoto Station for a Shinkansen to Osaka. The trip took a whole 13 minutes. When we arrived we dropped ourもっと詳しく
Kobe
2020年2月18日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Well intentioned, we headed off early at 8:30am to head to Kobe for the day. When we got to the metro there seemed to be an issue and the trains weren't arriving. After a long delay, a train turned upもっと詳しく
Hedgehogs and snacks
2020年2月19日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today we decided to have a slower day to prepare for Tokyo tomorrow! We lazed around until 11ish and went to Harry Wood, a hedgehog cafe. There we met our new best friend Ricopin. He likes snuggling,もっと詳しく
Tokyo
2020年2月20日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Today we travelled to Tokyo by Shinkansen, taking approximately 3 hours. We transferred at Shinagawa to Shinjuku. We are staying in a neighbourhood called Hatagaya, just near Shinjuku. Once we settledもっと詳しく
Kamakura
2020年2月21日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Today we ventured to Kamakura by train, arriving at about lunch time. We wandered the main street looking at all the street food and deciding what to eat. On the way back down Komachi Street weもっと詳しく
Tokyo
2020年2月22日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today we headed to Team Lab Borderless, a digital art museum in Odaiba, Tokyo. We spent about 3 hours exploring all the exhibits. The whole museum is dark and many entrances to exhibits are hidden soもっと詳しく
The sides of Tokyo
2020年2月23日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Today we set out for the Edo-Tokyo Museum which details Tokyo's history. They had lots of displays of typical streets and a life size temple recreation. We then went around the corner to a gyozaもっと詳しく
Tokyo
2020年2月24日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Today we ventured out to the Samurai Museum. The museum was small but houses original armour and weapons, some 450 years old. Included in the admission price was an hour long tour which we bothもっと詳しく
Home again, home again
2020年2月26日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
After a bit of a sleep in we packed up our things for the last time and stored our luggage in a coin locker at Shinjuku station. We headed to the Fire Museum... which was shut as it was the day afterもっと詳しく








































































































