Day 19: Kanazawa a Fun and Rainy Day
Today started off cold and rainy, but it turned out to be a nice day. Although we froze through most of the day, we had a lot of fun going to various places. The best way to explain this day…
Day 18: Travelling to Kanazawa, Japan
Today was an interesting day. We left Takayama on a cold and cloudy day. It had started to snow as we left our ryokan and headed to the train station. Once again, we left a city to move on to…
Day 16-17: A Couple of Days in Takayama
Kyoto was a beautiful city and after several days we had to say good-bye and make our way to Takayama, up in the Japanese alps. The trip from Kyoto to Takayama took almost 4 hours by train. So most of…
Day 15: A Day in Nara and 10,000 Gates
The plan today was to explore around Nara, but after yesterday morning’s photo shoot, Linaka wanted to return to Yumeyakata and purchase the digital copies of our pictures. Lucky for us, they did not delete them from their systems and…
Day 14: A Day Exploring Gion and Dressing up
It was a beautiful day and we spent it exploring Kyoto again. Today’s main events were to attend a dress up session in the morning with a photo shoot and in the afternoon attend a geisha dance in Gion. The…
Day 13: Exploring Kyoto, Nijo Castle and more
Today we explored Kyoto. What we had planned for the day was to go to Nijo Castle in the morning and attend a tea ceremony in the afternoon. We were undecided on whether to take a taxi, bus or the…
Days 11-12: Our Rainy Day in Kyoto
On this day we spent our morning making sweets in Kyoto and the afternoon we explored Arashiyama. The forecast was morning rain, but this did not hamper our sight seeing. Luckily for us, it did not rain much. Yesterday we left…
Day 10: Miyajima Island, the land of many shrines
Miyajima Island is an amazing place to visit. When I was a boy, I used to watch a TV show called “Fantasy Island”. It was an island where all your dreams could come true. If there ever is a place on…
Day 9: Visiting Hiroshima, a day to remember
I never thought I would ever visit Hiroshima. It was one of those places which never crossed my mind before, but today Linaka and I were visiting the city and the iconic Atomic Bomb Dome. Before coming here, Linaka and I…
Day 8: Exploring Osaka Japan
Today we explored Osaka. The forecast for the day was rain, but we didn’t let that stop us from going places. I had never read or heard about what to expect from Osaka. When Linaka and I first arrived we…