I personally don’t believe in growing up for growing up’s sake. After all, we all know how boring grown ups are. But when you look around and realise that people your age act and wear and do things differently from the way you do, you will start questioning if you’re meant to be grown up by now. This year, in about 2 months time, I will be turning 30. You see, 30 sounds much older …
{Japan Winter 2013} From itinerary to reality
We just came back from a 3.5 weeks trip to Japan, our second trip to the land of the rising sun in the past 2 years. Yes, we loved it the first time around and decided to go a little bit longer this time. And I have a feeling that we will be back again, some time soon. Meanwhile, some people have asked me about planning for this trip so I decided to write a …
2014: The beginning of more resolutions to resolve
What I like about the new year is just that. It is a new year. I mean, everyone knows how new shiny things are always more interesting. So when the new year arrives, it gives me this new strength, new excitement and new hope that I may achieve great things in this coming year. Great things that I’ve forgotten I needed to achieve in previous years. This year is no different. Yes, it’s that time of …
{Japan 2012} We’ll do it all over again…
Fo anyone ever thinking of visiting Japan, yes, just go for it. Seriously, you won’t regret it. Japan has something for every visitor. If you like historical stuff and museums, Japan has plenty. If you love traditional olden days pilgrimage, Japan’s temples and shrines will wow you. If you enjoy the culinary adventure, Tokyo alone has more Michelin stars restaurants than London and Paris combined. If you get excited over people watching and interesting culture, …
{Japan 2012} Day 10: Tokyo – Odaiba
In March 2012, we visited Japan on our honeymoon. We fell in love with the culture, the people, the food and the awesomeness and vouched to return again and again in the future. But before we return, let’s just walk down memory lane to re-visit our first Japan trip ever…. Day 10: Ginza On the last full day of our Japan trip last year, we spent the day at Odaiba. But before then, we stopped …
{Japan 2012} Day 9: Tokyo – Imperial Palace & Shibuya
It’s amazing how quick time flies when you’re having so much fun. Our honeymoon trip to Japan last year sure felt a little too short. What? Only a little over 10 days? Day 9: Ginza Time to move to different hotel! For our last 2 nights of our Japan honeymoon, we decided to spend a little bit more and chose a nice Ginza hotel called Mitsui Garden Ginza Premier. And not just any room – we …
{Japan 2012} Day 8: Tokyo – Ikebukuro
I love exploring one place at a time, one suburb a day. It gives you time to really immerse yourself with the culture and the people and the things that are around that area. Last year, we decided to go to Japan for our honeymoon and spent about 10 days there. We spent most of it in Tokyo, as we really do want to just explore the city that we’ve always been wanting to go …
{Japan 2012} Day 7: Tokyo – Shinjuku
Exploring new cities has never been my passion. I’m not so much interested in travelling for the most part. There are only a number of places in this world that I’d say: yeah, one day I wanna go there. Japan has always been one of them. So when the hubby and I got married last year, we decided to make that dream a reality (he, too, wants to visit the land of the rising sun). …
{Japan 2012} Day 6: Tokyo – Harajuku, Yoyogi Park, Akihabara
Tokyo is by far my favourite city on earth (so far). I love it. My hubby and I visited Japan in March 2012 for our honeymoon, for about 10 days in total. We focused our visit on Tokyo. With the little planning that we had (since we had a wedding to organise also), we found out that Sundays is a great day to be in several areas. Since we were only able to have one …
{Japan 2012} Day 5: Kyoto & Tokyo (rest day)
With less than 2 weeks in Japan, we stayed in Tokyo most of the time. However, we did have a really awesome short trip to Hakone and Kyoto too. And so on day 5, we spent some time in Kyoto before heading back to Tokyo. Hope this helps your future Japan trip, travelbugs! Day 5: Kyoto I love markets. They are colourful, filled with little trinkets that are useless but are so photogenic and usually, …