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At The Railway Museum

A must for any train buffs visiting Japan! A visit to the Railway Museum in Saitama.

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At The Railway Museum

Almost There! Getting The Visa Done

All these years, we had the travel agent arranged for our visas at the Japan Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. I’ve visited the Embassy (and many other embassies in KL) a few times but that’s for work. For my own visa application, I had the travel agent do it for me because they do it for free

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Almost There! Getting The Visa Done

It’s My Birthday!

Happy birthday to me! Last year on this date, I was in Sendai, Japan. The year before that, we spent the day visiting the Railway Museum located near JR Omiya Station. This year, I’m working on my birthday

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It’s My Birthday!

When You Set The Fun Button On!

When you choose to have fun and not be critical of the places and situation you are in, chances are that trip will be fun.

We Travel Light

We usually take about three shirts and an extra pair of jeans each when we go for our vacation, be it a 2D 1N trip or a fortnight trip. We do bring a big (or two) bag along when we go to Japan, but that’s for the stuff we are going to take back from our trip not bring over! So this is essential to us and we do look for it when we are on vacation. What is

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We Travel Light

I Will Promise You

even with all those cute Korean guys distracting me, I will live with my eyes only for you. Happy 12th anniversary to us! Now if you excuse me, I need to stare at my computer screen watching those cute Korean guys again

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I Will Promise You

Oden. What’s That?

Oden is kinda a Japanese hot pot dish, consisting of a number of ingredients simmered light, soy sauce based soup. A sign at a shop selling oden

I Like Green

Even if it’s green moss! A place covered in green moss evokes a rather mysterious feel, don’t you think? I do

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I Like Green

By The Sea

If you google up about towns or villages by the sea in Japan, the result is sadly about the March 11 tsunami. A sad reminder of the tragedy that we should never forget. Fishing villages overlooking Sea of Japan Port city of Kitakyushu, if I’m not wrong

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By The Sea

Water Spouting Dragon

Water – the source of life, and in some cases – tourism too; which can mean a source of livelihood to the community involved. The smell of sulfurous water at Bessho Onsen ; one of Nagano’s classic onsen resort town was a tad funky, but it is said to have beautifying prowess and clearing certain ailments, so I just pinched my nose and drink away.

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Water Spouting Dragon