Visiting Himeji in Spring 2017 – What to See and Do

8,724 Views2 years ago, I visited Himeji (and Kobe) as I bought a 7-day JR Pass because of my Osaka-Tokyo return trip. Not wanting to waste the ‘unlimited’ train rides, I visited Himeji and Kobe in an attempt to cover more areas. In my previous trip, I made use of the free bicycle rental from

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What to eat in Kumamoto – Spring 2017

4,743 ViewsIn Japan, eating Horse Meat (also known as Sakura-niku or Cherry Blossom Meat) is a delicacy and Kumamoto Prefecture is very well known for this cuisine. (Just some history) The land near Mount Aso (active volcano, last erupted in April 2016) is filled with green pastures and rich grasslands and horses became in abundance after

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Visiting Kumamoto in Spring – March 2017

7,182 ViewsKumamoto is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and if you have yet to heard of this place, I’m sure you will find their black bear mascot (Kumamon) familiar. Just a brief history of Kumamon – The character has been created as part of a tourism campaign (sounds like Singapore’s Merlion) back in

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Hakone Ryokan – Shinanoki Ichinoyu

4,086 ViewsDeciding on which ryokan to stay in Hakone was not easy. We had too many considerations in mind: Max $400/room ($200/pax) with Half Board Option (Dinner + Breakfast provided) Private onsen Location must be convenient enough for us to proceed to Kawaguchiko the next morning Mt Fuji View After scanning through almost all the

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Aokigahara Suicide Forest – Kawaguchiko Mt Fuji

9,392 ViewsI’ve been contemplating on whether to write a blog post about my visit to aokigahara (aka suicide forest) when there are already so many blogs and videos about it but I kind of need to pen down my experiences in order to get them out of my head. Even as I type (2 months on), I can still recall

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Magical Disneysea on a Rainy Day

8,814 ViewsI visited Disneysea on a 100% forecast rainy day; thinking that the rainwater would make the Disneysea experience more authentic. yea right. Well, the truth was that we couldn’t change any of the planned itinerary; but on a hindsight, every cloud has a silver lining! Advantages of a Rainy Day The queues are shorter for rides The queues

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