Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Omiya Railway Museum after the Tsukiji Outer Market was the next stop and a ball of fun, especially for P who adores all things locomotive. The museum interestingly isn’t purposed to showcase all types of trains – just the ones
The weather report showed that Day 03 was going to be the warmest of the three full days we have in the Kanagawa prefecture – perfect for a full day of sight-seeing and exploration. The first stop of the day
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) –
Yanagawa and Dazaifu really felt like two places from completely different eras: the former is truly laid back and with the quiet, everyone knows each other, small town feel. Dazaifu on the other hand felt like the typical scenic tourist
Unlike Dazaifu, the other interesting bits of Yanagawa town aside from the river boat punting tour are spread out. The small town didn’t feel crowded at all, compared to the crowd masses in Dazaifu later in the afternoon. It’s an
Yanagawa is a small town 46 minutes from Tenjin Station in Fukuoka city, and was originally constructed in the 16th century, and is today particularly famous for its hundreds of kilometers of canals that run around the city. Punt boats,
Almost exactly a year ago, I was heading to Hong Kong for the 2018 iteration of the conference. On that occasion, Super Typhoon Mangkhut had just hit the city, and I witnessed its aftermath as the city’s services were in
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