Nikkou 日光 Nikkou is located in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture and it’s a world heritage site filled with gorgeous temples! I took a day trip from Tokyo, and I left semi-early in the morning to catch a Shinkansen, then a local Nikkou train. I can’t remember exactly how long it took me to get from [...]
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14th August 2010 14:47
Japan 2010 – Osaka 大阪
Osaka 大阪 I got a bit confused about the station name in Osaka, but after a bit of awkward Japanese with the ticket office lady, I understood that Shin-Osaka as it was written on my ticket wasn’t another town, just that the the JR Shinkansen station is called Shin-Osaka/新大阪(“new Osaka). It was built to avoid the [...]
3rd August 2010 13:04
Japan 2010 — Odawara 小田原
Odawara 小田原 I travelled to Osaka after Hakone (which you can read about here). I left Hakone rather early, as I had no idea when the shuttle bus left, when the bus from Kowakien to Odawara station left etc. I thought about taking the shuttle bus, but the bus that came got full right away, [...]
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28th July 2010 12:36
Japan 2010 — Hakone — 箱根
Hakone 箱根 Hakone is about 90 kilometres or so from Tokyo, and it’s located close to the foot of Mt. Fuji. I went there for the scenery and for the onsens (hot springs). I stayed there for two nights, but in retrospect I only needed one night. I arrived at my pension, The B&B Pension [...]
28th July 2010 10:35
Japan 2010 — Trip Posts
I know I am being slow about writing up and posting about my trip to Japan, but it took me a bit longer than I thought to gather my thoughts and the photos to match! I have some written up, but they’re not in chronological order. So I will simply post up my blog entries [...]
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Only a tiny hole
August 12, 2010I went to the dentist yesterday after three years. Yes, I know I should go more often, but I really don’t like going to the dentist so I’ve avoided it as long as I could with all possible excuses. One being not affording it! Going to the dentist is expensive, especially if you have cavities. [...]
おべんとう (obento) #6 – January 7th 2010
January 30, 2010
This post got backlogged quite a bit, sorry about that. For my older bentos (#1-6), check out my vox account! I made a おべんとう/bentou on January 7th because I had my Japanese class right after work and didn’t have time to go home and eat before class. At the end of the day however, I [...]