Join us in our 2 weeks road trip in Hokkaido. As usual, I will post the best photo locations we found along the way. For easier check, this is a…

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These are my 10 best photo spots of Mt Fuji after several trips in the area. While some of them are well known I bet you didn’t hear about a…

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Koyasan Located at the south of Osaka, Koyasan (Mount Koya) is the most important temple settlement of Shingon Buddhism. It was, once again, a long weekend scape from Tokyo so…

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The Nakasendo was one of the five routes of the Edo period which connected Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto. The section that goes from Magome to Tsumago (around 7km) is pretty…

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Looking for paradisiacal beaches or just an escape from the city? Check out Zamami Island in The Kerama Islands! Flights to Naha are often the cheapest you can find to…

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Kagoshima

We got a week holiday and flew to explore the island of Kyushu. When I checked the  ‘must see’ spots I ended with a huge list from North to South.…

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The Tohoku region (東北地方) has so many places to see. We didn’t have the chance to visit the north of Japan before. After the couple of getaways  we did last…

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We finally had the chance to visit Hiroshima and Miyajima. It was just a weekend trip so we decided to focus more on Miyajima instead of Hiroshima as we wanted…

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Koenji Awa Odori 2019 is getting close… never heard of it? It’s one of the most popular festivals in Tokyo. Not as crowded as Sanja Maturi though! Koenji, the neighborhood…

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Sanja Matsuri Sanja Matsuri is celebrated the third weekend of May and is one of the most popular festivals in Tokyo. It is also known as Yakuza Festival as it’s…

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First things first, after a couple of days fighting with the amcharts API, I finally got my Travel Map ready. Having a map where I could display all the pictures was…

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Nikko, situated about 2.5h from Tokyo, is another good alternative for a weekend trip from the capital. One of the main points to go to come here was to enjoy the…

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I got back in Japan after my week in Shanghai and I got some friends travelling around so we decided to do a small road trip to Shirakawa-go. It is…

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Since I moved to Japan I had on mind to visit the Mount Fuji. I was already able to get a good view of it when I visited Fujikawaguchiko but now it…

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Kamakura is one of the most popular day trips from Tokyo as it can be reached in one hour and a half by train. If you go to Tokyo for a…

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Depending on which part of Tokyo you are, a trip to Nokogiriyama may take us 2-3h by train as it’s situated in the Bōsō Peninsula so it’s kind of a…

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After living in Japan for some months it was already time to see the Fuji with our own eyes. We went to Fujikawaguchiko which, besides the longed-for view of Mt. Fuji, has many others…

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Located just one hour from Tokyo, Yokohama can be a interesting day trip in our Tokyo vacations. I visited it a couple of times and I got the impression of…

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The Gion Matsuri (祇園祭) is one of the most famous festivals in Japan so we had to pay Kyoto with another visit. This annual festival has different celebrations being the main…

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Kyoto is a mandatory visit if you come to Japan, period. Kyoto is famous by its hundreds and hundreds of shrines and temples (around 1600 temples & 400 Shrines). But, even if you…

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Himeji is situaded just one hour and a half from Osaka by train which makes it an obligated visit. The main attraction is undoubtedly the Himeji Castle (姫路城) which is the…

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After a long night bus from Osaka we got to Tateyama where we would start our weekend surronded by snow mountains. We wanted to do the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route which…

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Nara is one of the best day trips you can do from Osaka and it takes less than an hour with public transport. One of the main reasons to visit Nara is to…

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I left my beloved Taiwan and I moved to Japan, more concretely to Osaka. When talking about Japan normally Tokyo get all the attention, however Osaka has nothing to envy…

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