This time of year is always a time of mixed feeling for me. I'm sure it is for many people, although probably for different reasons like not achieving new year's resolutions etc. Although maybe that comes later as it's not quite new year's yet. This is the time of year when I moved to live … Continue reading My year in Japan: my first white Christmas
During my year in Japan I made an effort to really go some of the places I hadn't managed to get to before. One of those places was Okinawa! It had always been a bit out of the way for my other, shorter trips to Japan, but living there it suddenly seemed much more feasible. … Continue reading Summer in Okinawa
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 