I haven't had a chance to make it out to the Tesselaar tulip festival this year (though there's one weekend left and I'm hopeful!) but I got a chance to go last year and loved it. Tulips are my favourite flowers. I lived in Japan for a year and loved the cherry and plum blossoms … Continue reading Frolicking in fields of flowers, aka: Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Nabana no sato flower park in Mie prefecture (Japan) has to be one of the most brilliantly coloured places I've ever been. During the day (in the right seasons) park is filled with thousands of gorgeously coloured flowers, including fields upon fields of tulips. At night, over Winter (usually slightly longer than Winter; November til … Continue reading Nabana no Sato winter illumination (or: the most fairy lights you’ll ever see!)
Wakakusa Yamayaki is by far one of the most impressive things I've seen in Japan. The big Buddha (Daibutsu) in Todaiji (the largest wooden building in the world, and is only a fraction of the size of the original!) , and Kinkakuji (a pavilion covered in gold leaf) are definitely amazing to see, but Wakakusa Yamayaki is … Continue reading Wakakusa Yamayaki
For my first travel blog post I thought it made sense to write about my first, full day (~24 hours) in Japan - the place I've visited the most outside Australia. I'd finished high school about two month before and booked flights less than two weeks before, and it was my first big overseas trip. … Continue reading First day in Japan
Claire, here and there 