Travel in Japan

and random stuff found under our feet walking in Yokohama The real Nippon Maru is located a few hundred metres away from where I found this manhole cover.

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Cover Story – Yokohama

After my Autumn Reminiscence series, I thought I’d start on another. And it’s something that I love doing and that’s running, folks. Combine running and venturing out in a strange city = seeing things I probably won’t be seeing otherwise.

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On The Run – Yokohama

at Nara the fragrance of chrysanthemums ancient Buddhas

Still not too late to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR, right?

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2011 Trip Recap, Part II

The second day we were in Tokyo, we woke up to a bright, sunny day which was a relief for us. I don’t know whether I can stand any more rainy, gloomy days for the rest of our vacation.

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Asakusa To Kinshicho On Foot

After a rainy day visiting Enoshima and Kamakura ; the next day continued to be a cold gloomy day. We checked out from our hotel in Kawasaki and head-off to Tokyo

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To Tokyo!

I started the day by going out for a run (alone, this time) at 6.00am. The Takamatsu Port is just about 1km away from the hotel we were staying in. It helped that I saw a runner (in compression wear, no less) along the way so I just kept pace (read: make sure he was within sight) with him until I knew roughly where I wanted to do my run.

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The Kagawa Prefecture

Shikoku; the smallest island of the four main island in Japan and that’s the destination we’re headed to in Day 5. Took this very cutely decorated Anpanman character Limited Express Shikaze train from Okayama to Matsuyama, just minutes before it’s set to depart from the station.

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The Fourth Island

Raimie loves haunted houses and visit them we must if we go to any theme parks or carnivals. Being scared silly can be a lot of fun sometimes. I should’ve posted this up in time for the Halloween, but I only got the idea after reading Cocomino’s post about Temple during Festiva l and him mentioning about haunted houses

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Scared Silly And Loving It

Someone asked me whether it is true that hotel rooms in Japan are small. Yes, they are

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Yes, The Rooms Can Be Small