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Day in Nagasaki

Nige April 23, 2015

We spent the day in Nagasaki after leaving Hakata. We viewed the atomic bomb epicentre along with the peace park. Then viewed the 26 christen martyrs memorial, glovers garden and then had Chinese for lunch.

Train from Kanazawa to Aomori

Nige May 20, 2015

We left catch the train from Kanazawa to Aomori. It’s long long way, half way up the north of Japan. Although the journey was not to bad for the Shinkansen is very fast and comfortable. Though we noticed there is less room on the Shinkansens leaving Tokyo, compared to for example the Shinkansens in Kyushu. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Aomori Fish Markets in Japan

Nige May 22, 2015

We spent the morning wandering two of the Aomori Fish markets in Japan. One is ‘Furukawa’ market (Furukawa Ichiba), the other one is near the station called ‘Auga’ market (Auga Shinsen Ichiba). They are very popular to go for breakfast or lunch but do tend to be closed by 6pm. At Furukawa market, there is […]

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 […]

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 […]

Train to Hakodate

Nige May 23, 2015

We caught a train to Hakodate from Aomori. The train went under the Tjsugaru strait, a very long and deep underwater tunnel. It is called the ‘Seikan’ Tunnel and it is said that the tunnel is 2nd longest underwater tunnel in the world. It took about 30 mins to get through the Tjsugaru strait. We […]

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Perth Japan Festival 2015

Nige March 9, 2015

We made a quick visit to the Perth Japan festival 2015. There were lots of people there.

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 […]