Day 13: Goodbye Japan
The End of Our 13 Days Journey The dreaded moment has come, reality is beginning to sink in; it is time for us to say goodbye, Japan. Clearly, the both of us were sad. Today, we took a photo of…
Month April 2018
Day 12: Senkoji, Tempozan and USJ
Senkoji Temple, Experience Heaven and Hell Here Before we head down to Tempozan Harbor Village, we routed towards Senkoji Temple. Saw this online and thought it might be pretty interesting. The focus of this shrine was to give an experience…
Day 11: Cup Noodles Museum and Minoo Park
Cup Noodles Museum Osaka Ikeda Today’s plan is to go to the Cup Noodles Museum. We read that there’ll be an activity where you get to customize your cup before filling it up with actual instant noodles. Lots of tourist…
Day 10: Kani Doraku and Shinsekai
Osaka, Hello. Goodbye to the land of beef. Hello again Osaka, we are back! We were given a different room this time round, actually just right beside the original room. Have to say, the Japanese are the neatest. Our luggage…
Day 9: A Trip to Rokkosan Pasture
Rokkosan, or Mount Rokkō A few days ago we exchanged for our Rokkosan Tourist Pass. Remember that I said, spend some time exchanging all your passes in the first or second day? Without that we wouldn’t have had this amazing…
Day 8: To the Land of Beef
Kobe Beef, Here We Come! Not too sure which is more exciting. The traditional breakfast that Okami-san is preparing for us, or the Kobe beef we’re having for dinner tonight. Tough choice. I must say the breakfast was so damn…
Day 7: Arashiyama and the Sagano Ride
The Arashiyama Bamboo Groove Again we woke up super early to start our day. After losing to the crowds at Fushimi Inari yesterday, we are determined to beat them at Arashiyama today. We are Singapore, Singaporean. Kiasu is in our…
Day 6: Torii Gates and Two Kimonos
Fushimi Inari Taisha Had breakfast prepared by Okami-san before heading out to Fushimi Inari Taisha. So nice of her to have prepared some bites for us even though our accommodation didn’t include breakfast for today. Today we learnt that Japanese…
Day 5: Kyoto, the City of Temples
From Osaka, to Kyoto Experience has taught me that hotels in Japan can and will look after your luggage while you travel to other regions. Provided you come back for another stay that is! We left our luggage back at…
Day 4: Nara Deer Park
Nara, Deer, Deer Everywhere Before taking the Kintetsu Line towards Nara, we popped by Family Mart again to buy our breakfast. This time round we got sandwiches. Damn nice! Henceforth it is decided that our breakfast would be settled via…