The news said it has been 54 years since it last snowed in Tokyo in the month of November. Yep, that’s in the middle of autumn! I was working that day, but asked for a 3-hour long lunch break just so I could take the bus to a nearby park. My purpose was to take pictures of autumn leaves and snow together. So I did take quite a bit of photos for y’all to see. Let’s begin. …
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{Japan} Pretty in pink & pretty crowded at Inokashira-koen, Kichijoji
My memory of my first visit to Inokashira-koen would be of Ghibli Museum and of getting lost inside this large park filled with beautiful autumn colours. Now that I’m living in Japan, I have actually been visiting the Kichijoji area every Sunday for church… And suddenly, the park is becoming our Sunday walking spot. So of course today, while it’s still sakura season, we visited Inokashira-koen for a nice walk along the cherry blossom and nature. …
{Japan Winter} Kichijoji, Tokyo: Inokashira Park & hipster vintage stores
We visited suburbs around Tokyo for our second visit to Japan last December 2013. One area that caught our attention was Kichijoji. After walking around Ghibli Museum (located between Mitaka and Kichijoji), we decided to take the long way home… to return to Kichijoji Station via the Inokashira Park. The walk should take about 20-30 minutes. Should. But of course, we took lots of photos in between and we got pretty lost too! It probably took us …
{Japan Winter} Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, Tokyo: A glimpse into Hayao Miyazaki’s creative mind
On our recent trip to Tokyo in December 2013, we spent more than one week in Tokyo. We have an obsessive fascination towards this city after our first visit in 2012. This time around, we planned more and explored various neighbourhood that might’ve been left out from a Japan travel itinerary for first time visitors. Our second day in Tokyo was spent wandering around Kichijoji and its neighbour, Mitaka. Plenty of fun and heaps of …