TRIPS OF A LIFETIME - BY CLÉMENCE

This has now kind of become our annual pilgrimage. Probably one of the best away-short break you can take in my opinion if you want to...

1/ How to interact with Japanese people? > If you want to say hello to someone ("kon'nitchiwa"), make sure you look at the person which...

Fancy a great cocktail? You don't need to move far. Find here the best cocktail bar close to you! 2/3/9 &10eme arrondissement are...

We started our day at Asakusa, which is Tokyo's eastern neighbourhoods and served as Tokyo's downtown area in the 1600-1800s. The...

Shibuya is a popular shopping and entertainment destination, especially for younger people. We started our day heading off to Yoyogi-koen...

Transportation in London The best way to move around London is the subway called the "tube". You can use a contactless debit/credit cards...

Tsukiji market - free We started our day with the visit of Tsukiji which is worldly know for its food and seafood. We did not go at 5am...

A few days before, we decided to buy tickets for one of the Tokyo Giants game (base-ball) and the tickets were due to be delivered at the...

It was a very short stay at Tokyo the night before as we had planned to spend two days/1 night in the Lake Yamanakaka in the hope to see...

We had booked in advance our tickets to go to Tokyo. It took us about ~4.5 hours in total with a limited express train to Nagoya (about 2...

While we had initially in mind to go outside the town for the day, possibly to the village Shirakawa-go which counts over 100 traditional...

We were very excited as it was the first time we were going to take the "bullet train" called Shinkansen. It was our first day of use of...

To start the day with, we headed off to Higashiyama-Ku area. We started with Maruyama-koen, a local park. We went through the busy...

Nijo-jo castle - 600 Yens We started our next day with the visit of Nijo-jo, walking from our hotel. The castle was built in 1603 as the...

Nishiki market We started the day (late morning) with the visit of Nishiki market located in dowtown Kyoto, under a long arcade. While it...

We spent a very quiet night at Zofukuin temple and woke up to join the morning pray around 7am. We could observe our hosts when running...

After a 11.5 hour-night-flight from London, we eventually landed around 10am in Osaka Kansai airport. It was a little bit overwhelming to...

From Namba station, we took the Kintetsu train to Nara Station. Note that the best is to buy a ticket to Nara. Given the price of the...

We used the luggage-transfer service from our hotel to our next hotel in Kyoto. It was really cheap, about 10 pounds per luggage and it...