Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This is the final instalment from Uday and the Kanitkar family who travelled to the Tohoku region for the ‘Big Three’ festivals in August this year. By the way, we haven’t mentioned that before the family had headed north for the large dose of festival action, they […]
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Baby loves Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I lived in Japan for four years and have travelled there many many times over the last 7 years since living back in the UK, but this was the first time to travel as a family – Me (James), Vanessa and little Max. We decided to travel […]
More family festival fun
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Neputa Matsuri floats
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! An earlier post featured Uday and his family who travelled to the Tohoku region in summer to witness some of the biggest festivals in Japan. After supplying some great photos from their time at the Kanto festival in Akita, Uday has followed it up with a look […]
Crabs, stags & the monk: Kumano trail
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Nachi minshuku
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! It started with an onsen and finished with a waterfall. The two-day hike in the hills, from Yunomine Onsen to the waterfall at Nachi, frequently took my breath away. Fortunately, there was an abundance of fresh air around to revive me. I spent around six hours on the trail each day. […]
Walking with Emperors: The Kumano trail
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Stop, look and listen: an ocean of green-topped hills; nothing in sight, except blue sky, green forest and the moss-matted trail; no sound except, birdsong and your own panting breath; no thought except, why have I not done this before? The secluded Kumano rises to the south […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Stop, look and listen: an ocean of green-topped hills; nothing in sight, except blue sky, green forest and the moss-matted trail; no sound except, birdsong and your own panting breath; no thought except, why have I not done this before? The secluded Kumano rises to the south […]