We finally made it to Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Even though winter had technically finished, snow was still everywhere.
Sunday 12 April 2015
Saturday 11 April 2015
Cosplay Festival
Every year, in the geeky district of Osaka, there is a huge cosplay festival. Hundreds of people come dress up as their favourite anime characters - usually wearing homemade costumes - and pose for everybody in the street.
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Ise Grand Shrine
Together with our friend Arisa, we visited Ise Shrine. We had been told that we must visit this spiritual place before we leave Japan as it is one of the most important shrines in Japan.
Wednesday 18 March 2015
Sumo
Every March, the sumo comes to Osaka. We went last year when my mum was here, and although I didn't post about it we had a great time. We knew that we had to return once more.
Thursday 12 March 2015
Monday 9 March 2015
Boys in Osaka
Our friends came to Japan! First Louis and Josh came, and Tommy joined us a few days later. We had a lot of fun exploring Kansai, eating, doing karaoke, playing arcade games and drinking.
Sunday 15 February 2015
Wakayama Adventure World!
We went to Wakayama Adventure World last year and had a great time. Link here!! Recently, 2 baby pandas were born.. so we had to visit again.
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Skiing in Biwako Valley
To our surprise, we were able to go skiing fairly near to our house! It only took us about 2 hours to get to Biwako Valley, and although it was small we certainly did go skiing. They also had a special deal to rent everything for the day - hence our matching outfits!
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Kagoshima Day 2
The next day in Kagoshima, we visited Sengan-en. It is a beautiful garden and the old house of an important Japanese family. Again, we could see the volcano from the garden. I guess it's not a bad place to build a house!
Saturday 17 January 2015
Sakurajima
We were lucky enough to have another three day weekend, so we visited Kagoshima in Southern Japan. Kagoshima is famous for black pork (which we ate), shochu (which we drank), and Sakurajima: an incredible active volcano.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Koyasan in the Snow
SJ came to Japan, again! We visited historic and religious Koyasan once more, and were delighted and surprised to be greeted by snow! Click here to read my earlier entry.We also just bought a new camera, so it was fun for us to play around with all the settings and figure it out. Do you think these pictures look better than the ones before?
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