Past trips

 

Japan – November 2014

Tokyo – jetlag, neon and mysterious gyoza

Tokyo – Meiji Jingu, furoshiki and the Yamanote Loop

Tokyo – giant shoes, exam-passing pencils and unfamiliar vegetables

Kyoto bound – shinkansen, souvenirs and a strawberry sundae

Kyoto – Arashiyama, kimono forest and a colourful conductor

Kyoto – pizza toast, Genji and me

Kyoto – 1,001 Kannons, towering torii and the Great Wall of Manga

Osaka bound – farewell chopsticks, immortal jellyfish and doughnuts

Osaka – hotcakes, Osaka-jo and too many sake samples

 

Japan – May 2015

Day 1: Tokyo

Day 2: Tokyo

Day 3: Kyoto

Day 4: Himeji

Day 5: Kyoto

Day 6: Kyoto

Day 7: Kyoto

Day 8: Hiroshima and Miyajima

Day 9: Miyajima and Matsuyama

Day 10: Takamatsu

Day 11: Takamatsu

Day 12: Takamatsu and Tokyo

Day 13: Tokyo and Kawagoe

 

Japan – April 2016

1: Petals falling on Tokyo

2: Seeing the future in Tokyo

3: Archaeology in Aomori

4: The ogres of Aomori

5: Sakura in Sendai

6: Cruising Matsushima

7: Making friends in Sendai

8: The thousand steps of Yamadera

9: Hiraizumi’s soba challenge

10: Dodging raindrops in Sendai