Travel experiences across the world
I haven’t understood the weather at any of the places I’ve been to this trip, but I REALLY don’t understand the weather in Tokyo right now. After a sunny 20°C yesterday, it’s a cloudy 10°C. This works much better for me and my winter clothes, but it’s still weird! Like yesterday, I kicked off the… Continue reading Korakuen, Jinbocho, Meiji Jingu
You know the figure of speech, the unmovable object and the unstoppable force? That’s my exhaustion from traveling at full force for two weeks versus my desire of doing a million different things in Tokyo. To start a scorchingly sunny, 20°C day on a cultural note, I went straight to Rikugien gardens, an 18th century… Continue reading Rikugien, Imperial Palace, Ginza
My trip’s not quite over yet! I left Busan this morning to take a Jeju Air flight to Tokyo. The only two things of note: Gimhae airport is a lot smaller than I thought, considering Busan has 3.5 million inhabitants (maybe that’s why there aren’t more tourists: they don’t fit!) and it’s SO HOT all… Continue reading Travel to Tokyo, Akihabara
Complete your Japan itinerary with at least one of these less-known destinations!
I should thank my lucky stars, because after yesterday’s rain, today it was clear -if still muggy- all day long! This means I was able to fulfill my master plan of going all the way to Naoshima!Naoshima is this island in the Inland Sea that sits between Honshu and Shikoku, two of the main Japanese… Continue reading Naoshima
Ah, well, I had a good run. Today tsuyu finally caught up with me: it was hot and rainy, just like they'd promised me my entire stay would be. I got incredible weather until now, though, so I can't complain! (I may still complain a bit)Undaunted by the rain, I set on my journey to… Continue reading Himeji Castle, Dotonbori
Today I got up bright and early to say goodbye to Fukuoka and take the shinkansen to Osaka! I’ve actually already been to Osaka, but my flight back to Paris leaves from there so I decided to use it as my base of operations for day trips around the region. And hey, I can always… Continue reading Kurashiki
Yesterday I had a bit of choice paralysis when I was researching where to go today. It's my last day in Fukuoka, and I had all of Kyushu at my fingertips, so where to go? Friends' recommendations and web searches turned out lots of suggestions but no consensus. So I began looking into each one:… Continue reading Dazaifu
Today's plan: day trip to Nagasaki! Nagasaki is about 150 km south of Fukuoka, in a bay, and unfortunately it is not on the shinkansen route, meaning it takes two hours to get there on a train that stops several times along the way. To be honest, I'm not really complaining: I'm already so tired… Continue reading Nagasaki
Today I set out to explore Fukuoka, specifically the Tenjin district, as I had a nice walk around Hakata yesterday. I probably didn't need to go at it as hard as I did, but I'm planning to do day trips for the remaining two days of my stay here so I had FOMO and wanted… Continue reading Fukuoka: Tenjin, Nakasu
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