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Tag: Japan

  • Destination: Japan

    Official Name: Japan Established: 710 (National Imperial Court), 29 November 1890 (First Constitution) Population: 127,094,745 (2015 census) Religion: 69% Shintoism, 66.7% Buddhism, 1.5% Christian, 6.2% other (Note: Most Japanese follow both Shintoism and Buddhism) Language(s): Japanese Capital: Tokyo Order of Visit: Fifty Second  First Visit: 03 May 2015 Last Visit: 16 May 2015  Duration: 14 Days Visit…

  • World Trip 2015: Summary

    So it’s now over.  I’m finally back home after 31 days exploring 🇮🇳 India and 🇯🇵 Japan.  This trip come about after I cancelled my planned longer trip from October last year to Africa for 2 months (South Africa to Kenya camping) and Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.  I selected this smaller trip based on recommendations…

  • World Trip 2015: Day 30 – Tokyo to Melbourne, Australia

    Saturday 16 May 2015 Highlights: Returning home. QANTAS flight 22 (QF22) boarded on time but my plan to have a spare seat next to me failed.  Instead I had a Japanese gentleman on the window seat who throughout the 9 hour flight kept getting up meaning I had to get up to let him out…

  • World Trip 2015: Japan Express Tour Review

    Tour Title: Japan Express  Tour Company: G Adventures Tour Leader: Tetsuji (Ted) Watanabe  Cities Visited: Osaka, Koyasan (Mt Koya), Hiroshima, Kyoto, Hakone (Mt Fuji), Tokyo Dates: 7 May to 15 May 2015 (Duration 9 days) Tour Type This tour is listed as one of G Adventures Classic tours. In short the hotels you stay at will be good to very good, there will be some included…

  • World Trip 2015: Day 29 – Tokyo, Japan

    Friday 15 May 2015 Highlights: Skyscraper District, Akihabara electronic district A nice sleep in on my final day in Japan, using all the possible time until the 10 am check out since I didn’t originally have anything planned but that didn’t stop my roommate Alex from adding me to his plans for the day.  With the…