Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just fifteen minutes ago, before sitting down to write this, I was plunging into an outdoor hot-spring on the roof of my ryokan (Japanese Inn) watching the sun set over Sado Island, a lesser known destination off Japan’s north-west coast. With steam pouring into the cool air around […]
First-Timer’s Japan
Asama Onsen: Have bath, drink milk.
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hotto Puraza Asama, a 20 minute bus ride from Matsumoto station, has all you need for a relaxing afternoon soak: outdoor and indoor baths, a jet-bath and a sauna. Oh, and a vending machine stocked with milk. For some reason, onsen and milk go together like sport and Lucozade. The cow juice is a rare treat – but it makes you miss Weetabix […]
10 Reasons why Japan is so great – No.10 New Experiences
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Sumo wrestler in the street
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I am going to finish the 10 reasons why Japan is so great with another broad but a valid reason. Japan is bursting with new experiences for even the most intrepid of travellers. When you go for dinner, walk to the shop, get on the train and […]
10 Reasons why Japan is so great – No.8 Contrasts
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Hamarikyu Gardens, Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having already mentioned the fact that culture and tradition are so prevalent in everyday life everywhere in Japan this is pretty similar but worth a mention on its own I think. Japan is a working synchronisation of old and new which is witnessed everywhere, but especially so […]
10 Reasons why Japan is so great – No.7 Japan just does things better
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I have already mentioned the culture which plays a part in every aspect of life in Japan. We all know that things in Japan are going to be different. So what does “Japan just does things better” actually mean? What I mean is, in Japan they have […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I have already mentioned the culture which plays a part in every aspect of life in Japan. We all know that things in Japan are going to be different. So what does “Japan just does things better” actually mean? What I mean is, in Japan they have […]