Saturday (the 14th), we headed to the Osaka Museum of Housing and Living. They’ve re-created a village from the past inside the building, so you can walk around and see what Osaka used to look like. It was a great […]
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Rock, paper, scissors for the win
While we originally hadn’t planned to stay in Osaka for as long as we did (a whole week, which was about a third of our trip), the offer of free accommodation was too good to pass up (Japan’s hostels are […]
Choose your own topping
On Monday (November 9th) we headed to the Instant Ramen Museum. I know, there’s a whole museum dedicated to instant noodles??? Yes there is! And actually, it’s pretty interesting and super fun (plus it’s free!). Everything is in Japanese, but for […]
Long time no see!
Kathy and I spent our last day in Hakone checking out the Hakone Open-Air Museum which, as you probably guessed by the name, is an outdoor museum. Never been to an outdoor museum before, but it was really interesting. There […]
Swan boat rescues and doggy photo shoots
My first day in Hakone started nicely, with some time in the onsen. I wasn’t planning on taking a dip, and didn’t really have the time because I’m so slow at getting ready, but since the only showers were the ones in […]
No bathing suits allowed
Wednesday, November 4th, we went to check out the famous intersection near Shibuya Station. It’s a super busy area filled with pedestrians, and when the lights turn red, they ALL turn red at the same time, and people cross the […]
Three Continents, 1 Week
It was October 30th and I was back in Sydney, Australia after spending three months in South Africa, but I was only back for 2 days before I would be leaving again (this time to Japan). I ended up waking up […]