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I’m currently sat on the sofa, as the afternoon’s light dwindles, with Chet Baker singing in the background. I am once again reliving the final day in Japan and I feel a tiny bit emotional. I’ll leave the summary to the end (oh, how cavellier, Ad), but it had been a most incredible holiday toContinue reading “Final day in Japan.”

So one of the most hotly anticipated parts of the holiday, especially for Julie, was seeing Mt. Fuji. There’s something starkly unique about her (I’m talking about the mountain here, not Julie, though she has some unique qualities too), the way she stands alone surrounding but flat land, makes her seem like the biggest peakContinue reading “Lake Kawaguchiko”

I write this immediately after watching Phoebe Bridgers perform her new song ‘Kyoto’, from her bathtub. I should probably point out this was for Jimmy Kimmel’s show, before you call the cops. We rose from our hostel bunks one final time, ready for a final day of exploring before heading back to Tokyo for anotherContinue reading “Final day in Kyoto”

In the last blog, I apologised for going 18 days without writing a blog. This time, there is a cool 2 months between the last blog and this one. Of course, life is a teeny tiny bit different for us all now. I had planned to write this entire blog in December and January, butContinue reading “Penultimate day in Kyoto”

Ahhh, crap. I was on a bit of a roll with this blog-writing business, and yet here we are; 18 days after the previous tale. I’m sorry, everyone. I know you were DYING to know whether we lived through the night. Well; we did. With aplomb.We awoke around 10am, shattered from the miles put inContinue reading “Kyoto → Osaka ← Kyoto”

One of my biggest inspirations for wanting to go to Japan, was Grace and Hugh’s Japan blog when they honeymooned there a few years ago. It was so well written, informative, funny; all the things this blog is not. Their write up of Hiroshima comes with a warning that there’d be no humour. Well, IContinue reading “Hiroshima, Miyajima Island”

Today we planned a day-trip to Nara, famous for its free-roaming deer, and then travel to Hiroshima in the evening, so we had a full day the next day. We woke up nice and early, and got ourselves over to Nara in a good hour or so. It was sunny, warm, and we felt wellContinue reading “Nara ➜ Hiroshima”

Ahhh, a new city. I loved Tokyo, but it was nice to have new surroundings and somewhere to embed ourselves for a few days. The weather was beautiful here too, albeit a drop in a few degrees. Our plan in Kyoto was perhaps a little more lax than it had been in Tokyo. Today we’dContinue reading “Kyoto day #1”

Early rise, for today, Julie and I were going to be Toadette and Koopa Troopa, respectively. I wasn’t hugely into the idea of doing this when I first heard the idea; around £60 each, and it sounded gimmicky as hell. Well, I’m happy to report that it was both £60 each, and gimmicky as hell.Continue reading “Tokyo; street karting, teamLab Borderless ➜ Kyoto”

It was time to do Tokyo like tourists. Or more – like touristy tourists. We’d seen a lot of Tokyo already, but we’d not seen the full-on hustle and bustle, bathed in neon light that we had expected. We arrived into Shibuya early as we were to go 230 metres upwards to the brand newContinue reading “Tokyo; Shibuya, Shinjuku”