Like us, are you exploring Hokkaido and looking for some great hiking options? The area around Sounkyo is a hikers paradise, and the Momijidani hike is a great little walk […]
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Panoramadai Hike – Sounkyo, Japan
Where is the Panoramadai Hike in Sounkyo, Japan? The fact that we even found out about the Panoramadai hike while visiting Sounkyo was quite accidental. We had planned a day […]
Japan Travel Planner
General Tools Hyperdia – your one-stop-shop for planning transport across Japan. Planes, trains (Shinkansen and local), buses, trams, they’re all there and they are all accurate! We would have been lost […]
Bidets and jackhammers
If you don’t want to get ‘down and dirty’, then please stop here, because it’s going to get intimate… Hands up any of you that have used a bidet? I’m […]
Pikachu!!!
I think a momentary diversion from nude dudes is in order… While up in the mountains in Hokkaido we were really keen to lay eyes on four native animals: Northern […]
The art of onsen
When telling people that we were going to be travelling to Japan, the conversations inevitably gravitated towards four things: earthquakes; tsunamis; volcanos; and nuclear meltdowns! At a glance all four […]
Bathroom habits of Japan
Consider yourself warned, this blog is going to get ‘intimate’…!! When travelling to another country, you don’t normally need to think twice about the way in which you intend to […]
Last day in Tokyo (cod sperm surprise!), and business class flights home!!
We got into Tokyo at around 10pm last night, so by the time we got to our hotel (Toyoko Inn Haneda – Kuko No. 1) we were pretty knackered and […]
Ishigaki Boif!!
We had half a day to spend in Ishigaki before catching our plane to Tokyo. We probably could have taken the bus out of town to visit some of the […]
Kabira Bay, Yonehara Beach, and a ‘man-squeal’ – Ishigaki, Japan
Is there such a thing as a ‘man-squeal’…?? If so, I made one. But more on that later… Our last full day in Ishigaki was again a cracker, so we […]