Category Archives: Japan Trip 2009

Unpacking some goodies from my trip

I’ve been home for the past few days now and I’ve been getting some pretty bad withdrawl symptoms from my trip… I miss Japan.. The pastry tour ended a bit too soon…
However, one of the highlights of my homecoming is the unpacking of the various treasures I’ve accumulated during my journey to the land of [...]

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Gold Coast & Brisbane

We finally arrived on Australian soil again and we were greeted with warm sunny Gold Coast skies and it was nice to have some humidity in the air (the air in Japan was very very dry).

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Last day in Japan

So today was the last day we were to spend in Japan… our flight departs from Osaka around 8:55pm this evening so it left us with plenty of time to explore the city one last time.
We picked up some supplies at the fruit shop in front of our hotel… This place sells fruit at relatively [...]

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Shopping in Osaka

Today was already the second last day that we’ll be spending in Japan and a big day was planned to cover as much of Osaka as we could. We got up early and started making our way to Tenma Station via the Osaka JR line to pay a visit to Osaka’s version of Akihabara (electric [...]

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Kyoto and Osaka (Noda)

This morning the skies were very cloudy but at least the rain had stopped. It was breakfast time and we needed fuel to get us through yet another shopping expedition. Looking onto the main Shijo-Karasuma street from the entrance to our hotel… an immediate breakfast option sprung at us out of nowhere.

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Mazda Museum in Hiroshima and Kyoto

This morning the heavens opened up and everything was absolutely drenched.

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Hiroshima

Today was a special day… I’ve wanted to visit Hiroshima for a long long time and it was finally happening today!
We tried to get something different this morning for brekkie and headed off to Maccas (we really felt like a bacon & egg muffin).

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Hakata, Canal City and Fukuoka

We were counting on today to be much more laid back compared to what we encountered in Japan. Fail. I should have known what I was in for when I suddenly realised I was playing pictionary with the hotel receptionist when I asked her how best to get to Canal City from our hotel (she [...]

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Tokyo to Hakata

Today’s blog is going to be short (compared to yesterdays standards)..
We’re going to be travelling on bullet trains today from Tokyo to the south of Japan for about 9 hours which means we’re going to blow most of the day in transit.
But that didn’t stop us from squeezing in some goodies in Tokyo before our [...]

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All over Tokyo

This morning we decided to head off to Ueno to visit one of Tokyo City’s major parks. We stopped off at Ueno station where we were greeted with the sweet buttery scent of fresh bakeries crafting their arts. The main bakery at Ueno station was Andersons and yes the choices they had there were pretty [...]

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