Sakura in Japan The Japanese love their fairy-tale cherry-blossoms, sakura, and admiring the fluffy pink-and-white clouds of cherry-blossoms is called hanami – the hanami tradition dates back many hundreds of years although it used to be just for the Imperial court – nowadays everyone Read more…
1. Two Rival Temples – Higashi Hongan-ji and Nishi Hongan-ji Conveniently close to Kyoto Station are these two rival temples, the Higashi one of the largest wooden buildings in the world and reopening in October 2009 after major renovation, and the more ornate Nishi designated as Read more…
Every half hour Tokyo’s sightseeing bus, the Shitamachi, departs on a journey across the city through its older and more characterful districts, with useful information on nearby sights in English displayed on screens inside, and you can hop on and hop off wherever you like. This is Read more…
Mathematical formulas are my forte, and I can solve most daily riddles with ease. The amount spent on my weekly shop are in my head before reaching the checkout desk, surprising the cashier with my accuracy. Numbers were my friends. Until now. Sitting in front of Read more…
“I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.” Alain de Botton How many times have you been seduced by reading an article on the 10 best things to do at the destination you always wanted to see? The flawless writing full of Read more…