Nige, Author at Nige & June Fun Times

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Famous Nagano Japan pancake

Nige April 1, 2015

We try the famous Nagano Japan pancake in the mountains. It’s authentic Oyaki pancake which comes with vegetables inside.

We spent some time visiting Nara buddha (Todai-ji Daibutsuden) and enjoyed watching the deer in Nara park. We then moved from Osaka to Nara. Unfortunately due to the heavy rain we had to cut short our trip in Nara. Firstly we went to Nara koen, or Nara park where lots of deer were just hanging around […]

Jacobs Ladder

Nige February 10, 2015

Nigel & June give a demonstration of how to climb down & up Jacobs Ladder.

Live Kagoshima volcano

Nige May 1, 2015

Nige & June visit the live kagoshima volcano island, Sakura-jima. This is a live volcano directly in front of Kagoshima’s harbour. We woke up in Kumamoto in surprisingly good condition after the nomihoudai. It looked like the udon had worked again We paid the price of rushing to catch the tram, and jumped on the […]

Experiencing Nagano Train Station

Nige April 1, 2015

Nige & June spend the day experiencing Nagano train station. The station is newly rebuilt and is now a modern sophisticated Japanese rail travel experience.

Walking across Rainbow bridge

Nige April 20, 2015

We went Walking across Rainbow bridge. Rainbow bridge can be walked both sides and is normally 30 to 40 mins to walk across from Tokyo to Odaiba or vice versa.

Hiking in Obuse Nagano

Nige April 2, 2015

Nige & June go hiking near Obuse Nagano. Obuse is a town in north Nagano. Obuse is also famous for chestnut, Sake, Ganshoin temple with a famous picture and old ‘Kura’ warehouse.

Experiencing Kyoto Train Station

Nige May 15, 2015

We moved to Kyoto from Nara. And we spent some time experiencing Kyoto train station which had changed and was new and big since we had last been to Kyoto. After the trip to Nara, we had built up a healthy appetite for some lunch & June was keen to try some Kyoto ramen. We […]

Matsumoto Castle & Shirakabako Suwako

Nige April 4, 2015

Nige & June come down to centre part of Nagano prefecture. They visit the castle and lakes of Matsumoto Shirakabako Suwako. Matsumoto is a famous castle in the Nagano region and the lakes of Shirakaba and Suwa ice over during winter.

Sunrise Izumo Night Train

Nige April 20, 2015

We catch the Sunrise Izumo night train. It’s a very popular train that leaves Tokyo at 10 pm and arrives at Izumo at 10 am the following day.