Travelogues Japan

On Sunday and Monday, we have another day off and we use one of the days to go to Sawata. Sawata is a city with many restaurants and some shops for Sado. We visit some of the...

Every month, a small village festival with a flea market takes place at the harbor in Ogi. The festival serves as a reminder of the trade route that spanned across Japan and...

Our group starts this morning with the Toki Rehabilitation Center. Since 2008, Toki, also known as Nippon Ibis, have been bred and released there. Toki are white and pink-orange...

Da vi er en stor gruppe med vores klasse, deler vi os op i to grupper og deltager i forskellige aktiviteter om morgenen og eftermiddagen. Vores gruppe begynder med at...

Today, we meet at 9:30 in front of the temple and divide ourselves to clean and tidy up the communal areas. I'm assigned to the kitchen, and about an hour later, everything is...

It's halftime. After 6 weeks of traveling from east to west, from north to south, we look back on a very special time. It feels magical, like a dream. But the marks on our skin...

A delicious and vegetarian meal! Thus, the vacation is saved. Today, upon request, we received omelette with rice without pork. We also had garlic soy sauce, together making a...

07/09/2019 - The first weekend in Tokyo On Saturday, the time had finally come: out of my neighborhood and sightseeing! Through Harajuku and Shibuya From my apartment, I...

Yeah, I was in Bangkok. That was a pretty interesting city. But after a while, I had enough of all the damn temples. Then I met the two (Anni and Jessie) and spontaneously flew...

... but not in Gifu City. My language school is located on the outskirts and about 9-10 km away from the city center. However, if you cross the river - oh what a surprise - the...

From Nagasaki, I rode the Shinkansen through Japan to Tokyo, the final stop of my journey, covering a distance of 1200 km in 8 hours. The next day, I met up with my old school...

I rode the super express along the coast and arrived in Nagasaki after 2 hours. After getting ready to go out and meeting my nice roommates Dan and Dan, I walked to Dejima, a...

First, I went to Canal City, the huge shopping mall is a world of its own, you can easily get lost in it. It is actually known for its beautiful canals, but unfortunately they...

Today, I went on a day trip to Miyajima Island, supposedly one of the most beautiful places in Japan. After a one-hour train ride, I reached the ferry that took me to the small...

Continuing on with the Shinkansen, I arrived in Hiroshima. After some difficulties finding the right bus stop at the main station, I arrived at my new hostel. It is very modern...

Today we have another sea day, which is quite convenient. At breakfast, we saw a former Seabourn ship named Odyssey. It was sold to a Japanese company and is now called Mitsui...

Sunday morning, first change of plans: taking the train to Stuttgart and then heading to Frankfurt. Arrival through the Neckar valley without problems. Once in Frankfurt, I'm...

From Yokohama we continue north to Nagano. Because Japan was generally more of a spontaneous stop, I didn't really plan anything or find out what to do there. When I read...

WHAT A DAY ✨🏔️ After a final breakfast in Tokyo, we took the bus to Mount Fuji — the Japanese call it Fujisan. Mount Fuji is a volcano and, at 3,776 meters, the highest...

Anyone who knows me knows that I am difficult to silence. But Tokyo just leaves me speechless. Of course I’ll still tell you about our day. A day for the drawer with the very...

Hello my love, I landed well yesterday. Even though the landing in Haneda was quite bumpy. There were quite a few air holes and the background noise on the plane was sometimes...

After a 30-hour journey, I finally arrived in Tokyo. Exhausted, I went through immigration, where I was afraid of not being allowed into the country because I was traveling...

The school class from Tokyo has its last day today, and before they leave, we take advantage of the morning to clean up a beach. It's one of the places we visited two days ago...

The next morning, we gather at the entrance gate at 8:00 AM to go to the rice terraces. For me, it wasn't a problem to wake up so early since I still couldn't really sleep due...

First of all, hello and welcome to my little travel blog. I'll try to write something every few days, but let's see how long I can keep it up. xDOn May 5th, my mom drops me off...

... he builds parks. In Onuma, a few hundred years ago, the emperor at that time stopped for a break on his journey. He found the place so beautiful that he had it developed...

After 7 days in Osaka (about 2.7 million inhabitants), we are now relaxing in Yamanouchi (12,000 inhabitants). Yamanouchi is known for its ancient onsen tradition and its...

We already experienced the kindness of the Japanese yesterday 🙂. When we were standing in front of a store and trying to figure out what to buy, the shopkeeper came out and...

01.09.2019 - Arrival At some point between the long, uncomfortable and half-movie-watching hinddozen, the murmuring and chirping toilet, and the bus ride through nocturnal...

After a kimono fashion show, we took a bus to Kinkakuji (Rokuon-ji) Temple. There, you can admire the Golden Pavilion. After a short ice cream break, we went for a walk on the...