Akihabara

Akihabara is the shopping hub for electronics, anime, manga and souvenirs. There are trading card stores, maid cafes, animal cafes, and 5-storey sex shops. It’s a very quirky suburb filled…

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Shinjuku Gyoen: Cherry Blossoms

One of our bucket list goals was to witness the 桜 (sakura; cherry blossoms) in full bloom in Japan. If you didn’t know, these flowers only bloom for about 2…

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Tokyo Drifting

https://youtu.be/TvF0mkRhcSYStreet Kart (previously known as MariCar) is famous for their real life go-karts on Japan’s city streets, with drivers dressed in characters like Mario, Pikachu, Yoshi, etc. They went viral…

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Yokohama Chinatown

I didn’t want to overwhelm our travel diary so here are some snapshots of Yokohama Chinatown from today’s visit 😁 (LINK).

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Ivanhoe Wines

Just sharing some snapshots of Ivanhoe Wines, a cellar door in Hunter Valley. We visited on Saturday 29th February for a delicious wine tasting 🍷

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Ponshukan

Japan does it again with the coolest attractions 😍. Ponshukan is a museum dedicated to sake (rice wine). There are three branches, all located inside Niigata station, making it the…

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Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery

One of the coolest things we did during our short trip to Japan was visiting the Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery in Niigata. This was part of our day trip from Tokyo…

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Hakusan Park and Shrine

We did a day trip up to Niigata today with our JR Passes and stopped by Hakusan Park and Hakusan Shrine. This park is one of Japan’s 100 best city…

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Shibuya

Shibuya is one of the most popular suburbs in Tokyo, Japan, known for its shopping districts and Shibuya crossing. I’m sharing some photos here because I don’t know where else…

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Spring Equinox at Stonehenge

Every year there are four points in our Wheel of the Year when the sun and heaven are in perfect balance. On these days, the druids and pagans would travel…

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