Travelogues Japan

One highlight of Japanese technology culture is the huge electronics markets. We visited one of the largest, the Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Store. If you thought that the...

In Nara we visited the Todai-ji Temple. There lies the largest Buddha statue in Japan. The body is a proud 15 meters tall, plus the head. The statue is housed in a massive...

21 and 22 September 2019 - Trip to Hakone On my 3rd weekend in Japan, I had my first 'real' overnight trip: a visit to THE recreational area for stressed Tokyoites. Hakone, or...

... and welcome to Kanazawa. I'm now on the other side of Japan heading towards Korea. Kanazawa is located right by the sea with the Japanese Alps behind it. I am also working...

In the morning, the hostel organized a 'Free Walking Tour' for me with a local. Yuki was very nice and showed me a beautiful shrine, the adjacent petting zoo, and the riverside...

We started our first full day in Tokyo with a stroll through the Yokocho Market. This former black market is known for its very intense fish smell. In the nearby Ueno Park, we...

1 Blick aus dem Hotelzimmer 🤩 2 die berühmten Brücken von N. 3 Blütenpracht im Tempel (Name wird ergänzt). 4 castella Shop von kengo kuma 5 gunkanshima, nationalerbe aus d

January 8th & 9th, 2024 The 8ti and the 9i send each other to one day, through the 12 hour flight to Japan and the time postponed where we leave. At noon on the 9th we send...

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...