Welcome to Arashiyama, Kyoto during the peak of the vibrant autumn leaves… It’s a wild ride. We caught the Hankyu line to Arashiyama station, and once aboard, we already knew it would be a day that would test our patience. We are not the kind of people who willingly go to places we know will […]
Last year we went to Minoh Falls multiple times, even in autumn. But the time we went during autumn was a “light-up” (illumination) festival, so we didn’t get to see the autumn leaves. This year I wanted to make sure I could see it. So pretty much every week I would take my bicycle to […]
It’s finally starting to cool down in Japan, so we’re able to go on more adventures and be comfortable. We can even wear pants without sweating like crazy… Today we headed out on another countryside adventure. I had been wanting to go see some castle ruins for some time, so on this adventure we decided […]
Several months ago our city in Osaka had a “hashigozake” event. Basically it translates to pub crawl or barhopping in English. Our city has over 100 restaurants, pubs, bars, izakayas and cafes taking part twice a year. They provide patrons with food and drinks for ¥500. Anyway, we invited our friends (Tavo and Satomi) to […]
In late July we had made plans to go to Lake Biwa to spectate the “2019 Japan International Birdman Rally”. It is a competition where more or less amateurs create gliders and human powered airplanes to see who can fly the furthest across Lake Biwa. Unfortunately a tropical storm hit, and the day of the […]
Miyama’s thatched village or Miyama Kayabuki-no-Sato, is a cultural heritage village, where almost all of the houses have thatched roofs. Because most of the houses in the village are residential, the atmosphere is quite unique compared to other places where houses are not inhabited and just on display or turned into a souvenir shop. Our […]
We were perhaps a little bit late in getting our gardening on this year (2nd of May), but it seems like we didn’t do too bad for our first attempt. Japan is a country where space is at a premium, at least in the cities. So in the tight streets in the suburbs you’ll see […]
The title of this entry could easily be “Daytrip to Amanohashidate” instead, because that’s where we spent most of our time on this trip. And how could you not, what an amazing place! And a lot more popular than I had imagined. This year to celebrate Megumis birthday we decided to take a little road […]
The evening before this hike, we were frantically searching through magazines and books detailing hikes in the area. We knew we wanted to go for a hike, we just didn’t know where we could go. The obvious choice was Rokko Mountain near Kobe, but most of the websites we saw described the hikes there as […]
The cherry blossom season is upon us. The time where everyone is seemingly happy. Everyone is outside, taking things slow, and taking photos of the Sakura, their dog and Sakura, their babies and Sakura, their car and Sakura… Anything with Sakura goes. There is honestly not much to say about this short time in spring […]