Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Yokohama feels like Tokyo-lite – sane and far less chaotic! The JR station area of course remains busy, but we traveled further south by subway on our way to the Cup Noodle Museum, and was surprised after coming out of
The city of Kamakura itself is some 30km south of Yokohama, and most visitors would visit for its temples. But since we’d dropped the two temples off our Kamakura itinerary, we had an additional hour to spend in the small
One thing I’ve underestimated so far this trip is the complexity of the train networks in Tokyo and the surrounding area. I thought I had it all figured out during my 11 day trip to Kyushu and Chūgoku in September
My parents used to tell me as a child that if I ate too much instant noodles, my hair would drop. I never got to testing the veracity of that claim, since I got too scared of my hair falling
Winter illuminations are one of the neatest highlights in any winter season visit to Japan, and we checked out the first of such spots on our first day evening at Shinjuku, and in particular the light-ups at Terrace City. This
Our two kids seemed a lot more excited about flying on our national airline than the actual trip itself. Oh, they were of course excited about going to Japan for the first time, seeing snow, enjoying cold weather (again) –
Our itinerary for our 15 day trip to Japan starting next week is – for the most part – firmed up finally, and we’re just now re-checking routes to get from place to place, and making movement notes to visit
Married 13 years now in 2019, though the date for this year’s anniversary staycation was slightly off – the actual date of our anniversary was on a workday and involving a meeting that I couldn’t miss. Our selected property this
The five day trip to Shanghai actually got off on a rocky start. We were initially supposed to fly on SQ directly from Singapore, but the lack of sufficient seats for the entire travel party meant that our travel agent
I stayed at the same property over the four nights in the city: the Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Tourism Zone. During the earlier months before the trip, there was scant information about this property – but more recently, the hotel
We were supposed to have arrived in the mid-afternoon, but the flight from Changi took off an hour late + customs clearance was very slow with the half-dozen immigration counters taking a while to clear the hundreds of persons arriving
Chenghuang Temple (上海城隍廟 or City God Temple of Shanghai), is the well-known Taoist temple situated in the city. Since the 19th century, the place isn’t just for religion though, as the area surrounding the temple has been significantly expanded with
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