We’re continuing my mini tour around Japan – after visiting Hiroshima and Miyajima, I moved on to Osaka, which makes a great base for visiting Kyoto. While I’ve enjoyed my previous two visits to Kyoto,…
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All my posts about Japan including my 3 trips in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
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Continuing my mini tour around Japan – after a day each at Hiroshima and Miyajima, I took the Shinkansen back to Osaka. I’ve blogged before about why you should visit Osaka, which is unfairly…
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I didn’t intend to take quite such a long break from my Japan posts but it’s coming up for almost a year since my trip so it’s a good time to restart…
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On my most recent Japan trip, I hopped around a few cities over a week so I’m going to write little guides for each. First up was Hiroshima! This was my first…
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I didn’t go to Japan planning to eat a lot of donuts, but there were so many cute ones that I couldn’t resist them, so here’s my top picks for sweet treats.…
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As a lifelong space nerd, I did some searching to see if there were any space museums I could visit in Japan. There are a few, but I was especially excited to…
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One ‘problem’ with visiting Japan is that you do get a bit kawaii-ed out at some points. For us, that often happened in Yamashiroya meaning we couldn’t decide on anything to buy…
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If you love Rilakkuma then make sure you add a visit to the Rilakkuma Stores to your itinerary. You’ll find branches around Tokyo and Japan, especially in sightseeing areas, packed full of new…
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We stumbled across Passport – now HAPiNS – on our first trip to Japan and it was so cute it’s been a firm favourite on all our return trips. It always has great displays of kawaii pillows,…
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My Kawaii Japan surprise boxes went on sale an hour ago and there are still some left if you want one! They’re full of new and exclusive items that are worth around…
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Time to update my Tokyo Shopping Guide with some new shops I loved! I’ve visited the Yuzawaya branch in Shinjuku’s Takashimaya Times Square on a previous trip but it wasn’t very exciting…
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Back in 2009 I saw this ITN news report about Usagito Cafe (also sometimes called Usagi no Wonderland), a bunny cafe in Nagoya and from then on eating bunny shaped curry rice and petting bunnies…