Tag: Japan
Japan Finance and What is Next
Hi all, well you might notice some changes to the website over the next few months, but more on that in a bit. So, my budget for Japan was £4,500 which I actually stuck too (not including the extra flight home that I had to book) and here is a small breakdown of some of…
Towada and My Final Nights Away
So here we are now going towards my final few nights in Japan and as much as most people usually say it when on holiday, I really don’t want to go back home. There is so much to discover out here that I deffo want to come back and not do as much travelling as…
Iwaki and Hakodate
Thursday 17th August – Time to go to Iwaki Today it was time to move on from Tokyo to Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture. Iwaki is about 30 miles south of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant where the disaster happened back in 2011 with the Tohoku Earthquake (9.0-9.1 magnitude) which lasted approximately 6 minutes. Before I…
Back to Tokyo – The Unexpected Trip Back
So back to Tokyo it is then unexpectedly, but it was better to get out of the typhoon’s way then to stay where it was going, especially after looking at the news and the damage it has caused. So, on the 14th I moved back to Tokyo literally a few hours before it hit where…
Osaka/Kyoto Part 1 – Osaka, Kyoto and Nara
Hello again everyone this time I am off to Osaka to have some fun. Thursday 10th August – Moving day to Osaka Getting to Osaka was quite easy, but also fun, why you ask well, it was a long trip back through the mountains to Okayama where I had to change to the Shinkansen again…
Onward to Nagasaki
2nd August – 770 miles on Japans Rail Network So, a few days ago I got my first taste of a bullet train as I can say, flipping heck, they don’t half go fast. To put things in perspective, Motorway speed in the UK is 70MPH which equates to about 1 miles every 51.4 seconds.…
First Stop!!
So today I woke up in the morning with a strange feeling, today is the day I travel!!!! I have never been a fan of take-off and landing when it comes to airplanes, but the rest of the time was a brilliant and wonderful time. I ordered a Priority Access pass which has helped me…
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
So it has been about 10 days since the last post was published and it has been quite a busy time finishing off what I want to do in Japan (I have quite an extensive itinerary, which I am sure won’t all go to plan)Now I am going to be going over some of the…
Tokyo
Yo everyone, so I know I am bit late posting this, so without further delays, I want to tell you a little about what I will be doing in Tokyo and how I will be getting there. After I travel out of Manchester Airport it will be about 20 hours and 25 mins (Manchester to…
Where Has the Time Gone!
Well, here I am sitting in front of my computer looking forward to my week off work but hang on! Since when was It only 60 days till I arrive in Japan!!!When I was starting a countdown for Japan it was 250 days, time really does fly and I have some stuff to plan for…