Osaka and Hong Kong
We headed through to Osaka briefly before our flight to Hong Kong. We basically ate and wandered around. Not unpleasant at all. Andrew was fascinated with the large Ferris Wheel…
Kyoto April 2018
We travelled between Tokyo and Kyoto on the bullet train, shinkansen. Kyoto station is quite an architectural statement – big and modern. And then at the very top a green…
Tokyo in April
Another Lao New Year and another chance to have a short break without using up too much annual leave. Cherry blossom season had just finished but there was still plenty…
Snow Monkeys and a Ryokan in Shibu
Having finished the skiing we headed back on smooth bus to Nagoya. There we bought tickets to the town of Yudanaka. Once there we checked the bus timetables to the…
Skiing in Hakuba
We packed our bags and headed across to Tokyo station to catch our Shinkansen – bullet train - across to Nagoya. We left plenty of time but it all worked…
Tokyo Days 1 & 2 18-19th February
We left Vientiane after work, had an overnight flight from Bangkok to Tokyo, so we arrived slightly bleary eyed into Tokyo at 7:00am local time. So the plan for day…