Japanese toilets are amazing. There are many different kinds of varying high-techness, and much associated etiquette. I have never seen a dirty bathroom or public toilet in Japan, and the train station and department store toilets are my favourites. When we arrived home the first time, at 1 o'clock in the morning, Mya needed to … Continue reading Japanese Toilets
Originally published on 4th November 2015 on Blogger We loved it so much the first time, we are returning, for Christmas and New Year. We leave in 40 days. I am very excited to return and try out my newly acquired skill of speaking Japanese 🙂 I started learning the week after we returned and … Continue reading We’re Going Back!!
Originally posted on 7th April 2015 on Blogger Wow. It's over. It feels like a whirlwind that swept us off our feet. We are sad leaving, looking forward to seeing everyone and little Loki, but could definitely have stayed longer. We have thoroughly enjoyed exploring this country. It is a pleasure to travel around. The … Continue reading Sayonara Japan
Originally published on 5th April 2015 on Blogger Today we had an awesome day. We got up early, really, and got the train to Shinagawa, and jumped on the Shinkansen to Kyoto. Two hours and thirty five minutes of relaxing, reading and snoozing and we arrived in Kyoto, to meet Maki, Lan-chan and Sen-chan at … Continue reading Ninja in Kyoto
Originally published on 4 April 2015 on Blogger We set off, not so early, to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. A fantastic museum, with models of all sizes and areas set up to look like Edo (Tokyo) before it was the capital. And then looking at the history of Tokyo, including the great Kanto earthquake and the … Continue reading Shogun history and an Early Night
Originally published on 3 April 2015 on Blogger So, we left Kamakura this morning... All the bags onto a local bus. Lucky the bus stop was only 50 metres from the apartment. The kids are getting very efficient at moving from one place to the next. We all happily fell into Starbucks for a very … Continue reading Back in our Comfort Zone
Originally published on Blogger on 3rd April 2015 I didn't blog last night, Mya was unwell.... She seems a bit better this morning. She was asleep by 8:15pm.... So it was not to be, to return to Bowls for dinner. We woke yesterday to a sun shiny day. It was very crisp, but very pretty. … Continue reading Japanese Surfcoast
Well, most of today was spent moving very, very quickly from one side of the country to the other! When you spend hours on the Shinkansen your feet feel like they are electrified, after you get off. It seriously messes with your equilibrium. Finn and I both get dizzy and our ears pop, a lot. … Continue reading Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside
Originally published on 31st March 2015 0n Blogger Today we left Hiroshima early-ish and went to Himeji, a town about 250kms from here, or 1 hour on Shinkansen. I had read, and was told, Himeji Castle is one of the best to see in Japan. As the kids patience for historical buildings is wearing pretty … Continue reading My first ever castle
Originally published on 30th March 2015 on Blogger Well, I knew when I set out that today was going to be difficult. Hiroshima..... A city forever carved into every humans knowledge, our collective memory, of what we are capable of doing to each other. We woke up (after enjoying our very comfy, real, separate beds) … Continue reading Blossoms, Cranes and Compassion
