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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 […]

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 […]

Reasons for moving to Japan

Nige March 24, 2015

Nige and June discuss openly their reasons for moving to Japan. They list the food, onsens, high tech, festivals as some of their top reasons of things they are looking forward to in Japan.

Oisezuka Park Hanami

Nige April 19, 2015

Nige & June go to the Oisezuka Park Hanami. We walked around Oisezuka park in Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture. Cherry blossom trees made a tunnel along the street. It was very beautiful. Then we went to Yakitori (char-grill chicken skewers) Bar. They have reasonably priced food and it was nice to soak in the atmosphere in […]

Moving to Japan

Nige March 25, 2015

Nige & June have an interesting time with moving to Japan. We arrived at Narita from KL airport in Malaysia.

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 […]

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).

Yakiniku Char Grilled Barbecue

Nige April 20, 2015

We went to Ikebukuro and had Tonkotsu Ramen lunch. Tonkotsu means Pork bone broth that originated from Hakata, Kyushu region. With the sing coupon we got a free drink. We then went back to Kawagoe Saitama prefecture where we were staying at June’s sister’s home. On this particular day, it was June’s nieces birthday so […]

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.

Fukushima anti nuclear protest

Nige April 20, 2015

We attended the Fukushima anti nuclear protest parade in Kawagoe. Since the 3.11 Fukushima NPP disaster in 2011, evacuees still live in temporary houses and have not been treated properly by TEPCO or the Japanese government. High levels of radiation is still being detected though the government keeps repeating that it’s safe. June as a […]

Hiking to Yonako Falls

Thunderbird express to Kanazawa

Walking across Rainbow bridge

Karaoke party night

Fukushima anti nuclear protest

Yakiniku Char Grilled Barbecue

Kawagoe Old Tokyo Town