Last night in Kyoto
2022年12月10日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
I wandered down the road and got a coffee at Starbucks which led me to a small temple in the middle of the city which seemed attached.
After that I popped back into nishiki markets for a little biteもっと詳しく
Up and train to Kobe
2022年12月11日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
I got up, packed up and realised I had not touched most of the clothes in my backpack or carry-on. I easily could have brought half the clothes I did but will see how I go once I get to the moreもっと詳しく
Love hotel
2022年12月11日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
When originally booking online I wanted a place as close as I could get to Kakogawa and this looked like it was close. Only upon arriving and having to get a bus then walk a fair while with my luggageもっと詳しく
Akashi walk around
2022年12月11日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Since I was in this town I thought I would go for a walk and get some dinner. I think I might have been on the wrong side of the tracks or something as it was a little more run down than otherもっと詳しく
Himeji
2022年12月12日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Within a minute of stepping off the train an old lady came up to me and welcomed me to Himeji, then asked where I was from and she said she had been to NZ and loved it. Everyone in this city feels soもっと詳しく
Himeji castle
2022年12月12日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
I had forgotten that I had been to this castle 23 years ago but it looked familiar so I checked my photos and figured I should go while in the town. I wish I had come straight here instead of the loveもっと詳しく
Hotel Himeji Castle Grandvrio
2022年12月13日, 日本 ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
I booked this hotel last minute as it had an onsen but still reasonably priced. Was $150 for 2 nights.
The onsen itself was great, they had a large bath daiyokujo, a carbonic acid bath Tansanburo, anもっと詳しく
Kakogawa wandering
2022年12月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
I caught the train here (cost $3.5 I think) without much of a plan, got off the train and started walking north first. Thought there was a park up that way which I might have been too before.
I passedもっと詳しく
Kakurinji temple
2022年12月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
I was walking around talking to Mum and Dad and had wound up in a shipyard area so they said just jump on a bus so I did. I wasn't sure exactly where it was going but looked like one of the smallもっと詳しく
Kakogawa city hall
2022年12月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Spurred on from the temple I walked into city hall and asked if I could take a photo and showed them the old ones I had taken. They kindly helped me out and took me to the mayor's 10th floor for someもっと詳しく
Leaving Kakogawa
2022年12月13日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
I decided to head back as other than catching up with my old host family I had revisited most of the places I had been and thought well of the day.
I saw a donut place selling Pikachu ones so thoughtもっと詳しく
Last night in Himeji
2022年12月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I started exploring some of the malls, places like Uniqlo had sizes up to 4xl so I needn't have worried about size fitting before coming here.
I stopped in at Starbucks as they had a great view of theもっと詳しく
Pearl Bridge
2022年12月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
When looking through my photos I saw one of this bridge and remembered I had a coin from here as well. It was listed as a low of 1 and high of 9 today so I dressed a little warmer. The wind was alsoもっと詳しく
Nijigen No Mori park
2022年12月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
I ran to catch a bus as Google didnt explain it was on the 5th floor but a nice lady helped me find it. That took me across the bridge then I walked though a rather sketchy path to get to Nijigen Noもっと詳しく
Naruto park
2022年12月14日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
I decided to do the Naruto park which had a couple of quests you could select from. It cost $50 and is not really worth it but I had a lot of fun still. They give you these voucher books and a couponもっと詳しく
Guesthouse u-en
2022年12月14日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
I thought I would give backpackers a go while here in Osaka, originally for 5 nights but while talking to people at Naruto park I found out about Tokyo based jump fest so might try and make it toもっと詳しく
USJ Arrival
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
I was asked to go to Mario World by a friend, the standard ticket price was $87 but because I wanted to go to Mario World I needed to book in with a express pass so it cost $280. At first I was reallyもっと詳しく
USJ Harry Potter world
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
I rushed over to make sure I made the entry line at the right time as it was quite busy. This was one of the places I couldn't help but smile and not some forced selfy one as I had wanted to come hereもっと詳しく
USJ Midday
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
I had a few hours to kill and needed to walk off that large lunch. So I wandered around for a little bit first.
I went on the 2 water based rides. First the Jaws one as I had express pass for that,もっと詳しく
USJ Super Nintendo World
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
I ran back to the other side of the park to make my Super Nintendo World pass time. As it was quite popular you had to have your time booked in to even access this area. I can see why as getting inもっと詳しく
USJ Leaving
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
I looked in the app for what rides were still going as most had started to shut down, there was one called space fantasy and after Nintendo World I thought it would be kiddy still but I really enjoyedもっと詳しく
Osaka random dinner
2022年12月15日, 日本 ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
I got back towards the hotel from USJ and found a local place to have a small bite, I was tempted to try the fluffy lung but the deal he gave me for a large beer, top3 and edamame for $10 seemed likeもっと詳しく
Osaka Aquarium
2022年12月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
I had a pretty lazy morning as had been a bit drained from the days before. I got up around midday and went to find some breakfast but only found a ramen, which will do but really craving some decentもっと詳しく
Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel
2022年12月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Apparently it's listed as one of the world's largest ferris wheels at 112.5m tall but when I looked it up it was 8th tallest. Dubai has one twice as tall.
It was really fun to go on even though mostもっと詳しく
Osaka castle
2022年12月16日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I wanted to see the castle but ran it a bit late, I figured I would head there anyway. It was quite dark walking through the park but it was mostly just joggers running through.
I could imagine itもっと詳しく


















































































































































































































































































































































































