In line with my new shift of interest to exploring fastfood meals - here’s my next post. We came across this place (Karate Kid) inside WalterMart, Makati. It had a decent amount of people lined up on the counter so we decided to try it out.
Prices are quite affordable compared to other Japanese […]
I woke up at 5.45 full of anticipation about the journey ahead.
The journey South was again very picturesque passing by mountains and rivers. Unfortunately it is not possible to travel directly along the North-East coast, as it is too remote. After passing through Asahikawa again, the train headed East on the North side of Daisetsuzan […]
I arrived in Ikeda around lunchtime and thought I would drop my bags at the hostel before venturing out. It turned out to be quite a way from the town itself, which I was partially aware of due to the fact that I was advised to go to the next local train stop and walk […]
Heading back through Biei I realise that the landscape is quite unjapanese. the rolling hills look like a alpine meadow, but in japan everything is rugged or flat with little in between. the picture is quaint, and in summer it is rumoured to be a beautiful place. in fact, it seems that the whole of […]
Mashu lake was still frozen, but the view of the lake and mountains in the opposite direction were great from the lookout point. It would have been nice to visit the other lookout points, but the road was still closed for winter, and previously-mentioned restrictions on my ride meant that I took the easy option […]
Muroran is a town of around 110,000 people situated on a mini-peninsula about 2.5 hours South of Sapporo. I was attracted to the hostel there because the description said it was almost literally at the top of a cliff, and was only 10 minutes from the beach. What it didn’t mention (well actually it did, […]
I look out of my window and I see Tokyo. It lives and breathes and sleeps. Yet if I am in my room for any length of time, I sometimes need to open the window to convince myself that there is still a world outside the walls.
The gentle rhythm of cicadas - a midnight song […]