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
And now for an unscheduled feature... I have returned to Japan! This is a bit of a different experience, because this time around (my third visit to this wonderful country) I am here for work -but I had a weekend before, and then afterwards I’m taking off on my own to unknown reaches. But first,… Continue reading Yanaka, Odaiba
The sun shone bright this morning when we left Kanazawa and took the shinkansen back to Tokyo. As usual, the 10:56 train left the station at 10:56 on the dot. Going back to Paris is going to be devastating after these two weeks.We arrived at Tokyo Station two hours and change later, just in time… Continue reading Tokyo’s National Art Centre
Our last day in Tokyo! After walking up and down the city for about five days, two and a half hours sitting down tomorrow in the shinkansen sound pretty good right now!We decided to start the day with a good dose of culture and hopped on the Yamanote line to go to Ueno, on the… Continue reading Ueno and Shinjuku
So our plan to spend this beautiful, sunny day in Kamakura went out the window when the airline failed to deliver our luggage yesterday, after we spent all afternoon stuck in the apartment. After two excruciating phone calls with customer service, in Japanese as well as English, we discovered that the deliverymen had actually visited...… Continue reading The Ginza Experience
Save for a couple of jetlagged awakenings, I had a good night's sleep and woke up to blue skies, the shining sun, and a glorious 17°C. Back to the suitcase with the winter clothes!Today's plan was to do a tour of Tokyo's fashion hub around Harajuku. We had a very early start because I wanted… Continue reading Tokyo Fashion Tour
I'm on the road again! As you probably know, ever since I first came to Japan three years ago I've been looking for an excuse to come back. When my mom said she wanted to go, I took the chance to volunteer my services as a guide and here we go!Last time I came here… Continue reading Japan, Round Two
Yesterday, my last day in Tokyo, was mostly about tying up loose ends. I began the morning peacefully enough, by doing laundry. A little Ueno housekeeping to start the day on the right foot! Sawanoya has a washing machine, a dryer and an iron, and the whole thing adds up to only 300 yen.At around… Continue reading Last day in Tokyo
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