Kagoshima
2019-11-11
Kagoshima was to be our final destination on our Japan leg of the Travelsty tour. Tucked away towards the south of the mainland, this city has the claim to fame that it sits right nextContinue Reading
Kirishima
2019-11-07
Getting to Kirishima was, you guessed it, a travelsty. We managed to plan out the perfect journey, it should have taken 2 hours with no more than a 20 minute wait at each stage. AsContinue Reading
Nagasaki
2019-11-03
It’s been a while since our last postings, and for good reason. Since Nagasaki things have felt pretty non-stop (plus we have both been hooked to a phone game, cat-bird, which has taken writing timeContinue Reading
Kyoto
2019-10-30
We arrived in Kyoto and immediately stepped out onto a rainy, soggy side street. (We have since learned that we have been incredibly unlucky with the weather in Japan, for us, maybe 2/3 of theContinue Reading
Nara
2019-10-29
What a lovely place Nara is. We arrived in the evening with our only plans being to check into our hotel room, and find the restaurant that our friend had raved about. The restaurant wasContinue Reading
Himeji
2019-10-28
Day 9 Our day trip to Himeji started with us catching….the HELLO KITTY SHINKANSEN!!! A feat of engineering marvel, this fast service train has a hello kitty livery as well as a modified car toContinue Reading
Osaka
2019-10-25
Days 7, 8 and 9 Okay, Settle down and have a tea to hand, maybe even a posh biscuit if you feel like treating yourself (you know, the ones in selection boxes that come wrappedContinue Reading
Hakone Matsomoto
2019-10-21
Our next day started with uncertainty. We grabbed a breakfast of various baked goods from our local Family Mart (Strange name, feels like its a friendly front for something sinister). We didn’t know if theContinue Reading
Hakone
2019-10-18
Day 5 We Travelled to Hakone not sure what to expect. Given that Typhoon number 19 (which made worldwide news due to its clash with the Rugby World Cup) was the strongest one of theContinue Reading
Tokyo
2019-10-16
October 10 2019 – October 14 2019 Just a quick word to say: we are okay. The typhoon barely touched where we were staying in Tokyo but we have seen and heard of some ofContinue Reading