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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.

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.

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. […]

Rottnest Island Trip

Nige February 19, 2015

June and Nige make a Rottnest Island trip, where they hire bicycles and travel around the island.

Arrive in Kuala Lumpur

Nige March 24, 2015

Nige & June arrive in Kuala Lumpur. It was an early flight from Perth departing at 6:40 am. The flight was delayed for one hour due to airport congestion which is to be expected for a busy airport like Perth. They arrived at about 12:45pm and were impressed by the size of the new terminal. […]

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 […]

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 […]