Hong Kong has been my stop-over on the way to Hanoi, as well as being a place I’d heard a lot about (good and bad),…
Before coming to Japan, I’d heard about the elaborate toilets here, although I hadn’t read the extensive wikipedia article about them. This is the loo…
After arriving in Kyoto by Bullet Train, I checked into this nice ryokan near the station and promptly fell asleep for a couple of hours. Well –…
I very stupidly referred to Himeji Castle as Hideki Castle, by accident. It was an honest mistake, but perhaps the equivalent of referring to Neuschwanstein…
I had very little time in Kyoto, so I made a bee-line for the Imperial Palace. Unfortunately, the Palace was closed for tours because it…
I left Tokyo on the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) to Kyoto. Modern Shinkansen on the line from Tokyo to Osaka run at 170mph. Some on other…
I’d heard about the Cat Cafe phenomenon through a Guardian website video earlier this year. Urban apartments are often small in densely-populated Japan. Quite often,…
I visited a temple and a shrine on consecutive days in Tokyo, but figured it would make sense to fold both into this one short…
This is the first of a series of short “Curiosities” posts from my Round the World Trip – short posts about small observations or incidents that…
One of the must-see items on most guide books lists, and on most peoples lips is Tsujiki Market. Also known as “Tsujiki Fish Market“, it…