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Shiretoko Five Lakes National Park (July 2015)

3,578 ViewsIt was a pity that our time in Shiretoko was very short (1 night & 1 morning). We could only choose 1 attraction to cover – which was visiting the Five Lakes National Park, hoping to spot a brown bear since it was the high season. After bidding farewell to the awesome ryokan at Hotel Club Kifu

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Hotel Kifu Club Shiretoko – Highly Recommended

3,259 ViewsThis ryokan (Japanese-styled inn) was one of, if not the, best accommodation we had in this trip. Initially, I was a bit turned off by the price of a 1 night stay ($380 for 2 people) which was the second most expensive accommodation in this trip. However, do note that this price includes BOTH dinner and

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Lake Akan on a Rainy Day

5,998 ViewsVisiting Lake Akan was the second most disappointing thing that happened to us this entire trip (50% due to rain and 50% due to the marimo exhibits). After our visit at the Kushiro Crane Reserve, we drove about 1 hour 20 mins from Kushiro to Lake Akan. The weather wasn’t on our side that day

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Unkai Terrace, Obihiro and Kushiro Crane Reserve

4,134 ViewsAfter chancing upon a picture of Unkai Terrace (Sea Clouds) before our trip from an online article, I knew that it was a place that I had to visit. We had to alter our itinerary time and again as you can only visit Unkai Terrace during pre-dawn timing to catch the waves of Sea Clouds. Furthermore,

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Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine, Harajuku

5,548 ViewsAfter my failed visit to the pop-up cafe for Little Twin Stars, I had lunch at an Omelette Souffle Restaurant ふんわり卵 http://www.funwari-tamago.com/ in Shibuya. As it was a small restaurant, it was pretty comfortable to dine alone. They didn’t have an english menu so I ordered by pointing the pictures. The food here was pretty decent and the omelette

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If you can’t make it to Santorini..

3,184 Views Ever since I chanced upon this wallpaper n years ago, Santorini has always been on my mind but I haven’t had any opportunity to travel to Greece yet. Well, here’s a list of Santorini-inspired destinations located in Asia which I could target to visit first.. 1. Happy House HH Santorini in South Korea

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Shibuya Pop-Up Cafe – Kiki & Lala, My Melody

5,706 ViewsFew months ago, I was really excited to chance upon information about the KIKI & LALA, MY MELODY 40TH ANNIVERSARY CAFE (4th June to 28th July 2015) happening at Shibuya Parco Part 1 which falls within the dates when I was in Japan.

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9D8N Tokyo + Hokkaido Self-Drive – July 2015

7,422 ViewsNever did I expect that I will be visiting Japan again this year, 3 months after my previous trip to Osaka. Before I start, I would like to share my awesome all-time-low exchange rate (100Y = 1.088 SGD) changed in end June 2015. As I type, the exchange rate is surging back up to

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