Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
We spent about an hour in Arakura-yama Sengen Park – that includes the time it took us to hike up and down – then returned to Shimoyoshida Station, and hopped onto a bus for a short 3 minute ride to
To be truthful, we boarded our flight for Tokyo last night with more than a tiny bit of anxiety. Last year, despite coughing up the extra dough to fly with our premium national carrier at premium fares, our SQ flight
And finally, a last post on toys that are coming along for this trip. With just a few hours before we head to the airport, I’m going all minimalist this trip! The amount of gear this Japan year end trip
It’s now just a week before we head off to our 18 day long holiday in Japan. We’ve continued to check, re-check, and improve our long itinerary, and at this point, we’re about ready to go. Since our last post
Finally; our 18 day planned itinerary as it is, but there are still a couple of things we’re rechecking and reviewing. It’s an 18 day-wide stretch, so the plan is in two screen shots: Days 1 to 4: From all
Our flights into and out of Narita in December booked and for a span of 18 days travel were booked several months ago. So, since July, we’d been researching and putting together the exact day by day plan – and
We moved from a relatively laid back Fukuoka city to a lifeless one in Matsue, and finally to the crowded and noisy Osaka. The hotels I stayed in each city pretty much reflected that general character too. For Osaka, I
The obligatory post about dining in Japan this trip! Well, what I had for grub varied widely, since it ran the range of hosted multi-course dinners at restaurants, conference banquet, committee buffet dinners, lunch bentos over working meetings, and finding
I really didn’t explore much of Osaka during the free time I had for this trip; and this, again, was for a variety of reasons: that this is my third time to Osaka now, that I’ve never found Osaka that
The conference completed on Day 09/15 Sep, and we left Matsue the following day on the 16 Sep to make our way to Osaka for the last segment of this work trip. Mindful that the inbound journey to Matsue from
Matsue, being the sedate city it is, didn’t offer much options in terms of accommodation around the train station. Since the conference venue was located beside the train station, my workplace arranged for my institution’s attendees to stay in the
Our third stop at our day long excursion of the local places of interest in Shimane prefecture. This is a small museum that was built in 2007 and showcasing artefacts related to the history of the prefecture. Of particular interest
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