Nige, Author at Nige & June Fun Times

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Japan bus to Nagano

Nige April 1, 2015

Nige & June catch a Japan bus to Nagano. They catch the bus on a Japanese motorway in Matoba and have an enjoyable three hour journey.

Japan Natto Breakfast

Nige April 1, 2015

June describes the Japan ‘Natto’ breakfast. Natto is fermented soya beans and is mixed with tare sauce and mustard, then mixed with a raw egg and then applied over a bowl of rice.

Japan Rail Pass Exchange Order

Nige February 18, 2015

Today was spent buying Japan Rail Pass Exchange Order at one of the local HIS offices in Perth. I will be travelling with June who is Japanese. Normally Japanese people are not eligible for the Japan Rail Pass, but for those who are living outside of Japan and are married to a foreigner exceptions can […]

Japan Sushi Train (Uobei)

Nige April 1, 2015

Nige & June visit the Uobei sushi restaurant chain which uses a Japan sushi train (Shinkansen) to deliver the food. The restaurant we went this time is ‘Uobei’ (魚べい).

JR Pass plus Ueno Hanami

Nige April 19, 2015

JR Pass plus Ueno Hanami (Cherry blossom). We went to Ikebukuro station to buy JR pass which we had prebooked in Perth Australia. We gave the staff exchange order with some documents and was successful. Then we had cheap Tonkotsu ramen and went to Ueno park for Hanami. We did not do proper Hanami (have […]

Karaoke party night

Nige April 20, 2015

We went out for all you can drink (nome hou dai) and then moved on to the Karaoke party night. We went out to a Karaoke party with her sisters colleagues and friends. There was a Karaoke room in Izakaya they also went to another Karaoke room which serves wide range of drinks and food. […]

Kawagoe Old Tokyo Town

Nige April 19, 2015

Nige & June visit Kawagoe old Tokyo town. We walked around a town in Kawagoe city in Saitama prefecture. The street has a view of old warehouse like as in the Edo period (1800s Tokyo). It was fun to see the old town with the ancient atmosphere. We then had Japanese green tea mochi (rice […]

Kings Park

Nige February 12, 2015

We spent one afternoon exploring the beauty of Kings Park. Sight’s included the war memorial, botanical gardens and water gardens.

Kuala Lumpur food and caves

Nige March 24, 2015

Nige and June were the first to breakfast at 7am for there was a lot they wanted to do and see including sampling the Kuala Lumpur food and caves. They would be flying to Japan that evening. Even though it was 7am it was still pitch black for the sun had not yet risen. The […]

Kumamoto horse meat restaurant

Nige April 26, 2015

After spending the day in Nagasaki we caught the train to Kumamoto to sample the night life there. We transferred to Shinkansen and were very impressed by the style of the kyushu Shinkansen’s. They were very new with stylish wooden chairs. Unfortunately we arrived at around 5pm on a Friday where everybody was either heading home […]