Travel in Japan

After spending a night at Taenoyu Onsen , enjoying the onsen then taking the steam locomotive and being swamped by people in Omotesando , it was time for some retail therapy for us. Armed with our JR East Passes, we took the shinkansen to Karuizawa, about an hour and half from Tokyo. Me, in front of Karuizawa station before embarking on our retail therapy session

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A Day Of Retail Therapy In Karuizawa

After our trip to the museum, we decided to head to Kasukabe in Saitama. Any Crayon Shin-Chan fans would know that Kasukabe is where the anime is set in and Shin-chan’s creator, Yoshito Usui also lived in Kasukabe

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Bento For Lunch And A Trip To Kasukabe

Made You Look is an Australian and NZ Snowboard film due for release in July 2010. Filmed over 2 years, the film features the top snowboarding talent from both OZ and NZ. Niseko and other Japan locations play are featured in the film.

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Made You Look – Niseko & Japan

A friend is flying off to Japan for a 10-day holiday with her siblings today. Apart from helping her out with the Tokyo itinerary and dumping all sorts of brochures for her to read, I gave her one piece of advice as she intended to use the vast, highly efficient train system to get around.

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Stairs, Stairs And More Stairs

The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan or the Railway Museum is an interactive museum. There are plenty of exhibits that can teach us about all things railway and how it evolves throughout history

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Enjoyable Time At The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan (Railway Museum)

The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan or the Railway Museum is definitely a must visit for anyone interested in the trains and railways. We went to the now closed Transportation Museum a few years back and enjoyed looking at all the train exhibits there, so we were really looking forward to a visit to this Railway Museum.

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To Tetsudō Hakubutsukan (Railway Museum)

Another dinner a Yayoi-Ken for us. This is a great place for budget conscious people who want good food at reasonable price

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Another Dinner At Yayoi-Ken

Arrrr Mondayitis! Described by Wikipedia as: A feeling of weariness and apathy that some workers express when starting the work week on Monday. But who really gives a shit that it is Monday when winter is knocking on the door, check this out! Your Checking A Post From Niseko Webzine

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Niseko Can Cure Mondayitis

Me and a few friends at the office have this so-called club that we call the “Makan” (which means Eat in English) Club.

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"Makan" Club Outing – Lunch At Pasta Zanmai

Out of desperation due to the packed crowd that Sunday on Sep 20th, which happened to be a long weekend (Silver week) in Japan, we weren’t able to find any decent place to have lunch that did not require us queuing for our seats. The huge crowd felt like the whole Tokyo population just came out to play outside that day. @_@ It was a really hot, sunny day and pretty soon we got a tired boy walking slowly, needing fluids to quench his thirst and food for his empty stomach

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Street Food At Yoyogi Park