Tag: Japan

  • Thoughts about Japan

    Thoughts about Japan

    It has been only 5 months since we left Japan and we get to resume our last days in the country and why we left rather quickly. Our original plan was to stay for the whole length of our one year visa and maybe even extend, but the truth is that we did not push…

  • Detours from Tokyo to Kyoto

    Detours from Tokyo to Kyoto

    After four days in Tokyo, mostly spent in parks and at the inevitable Shibuya Crossing, we leave the city and take the train back out to Nikko, where we had left our car. I am exhausted from the city and happy to be back in nature. In the evening, we walk through the worldheritage temple…

  • Tohoku – the northern gem of Japan

    Tohoku – the northern gem of Japan

    With less than 2% of the total number of tourists, the Tohoku region, north of Tokyo, is one of the least touristic regions in Japan. Despite the low numbers, however, it is not little known. In 2011, the prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate were catapulted into the global media when a tsunami almost 40 metres…