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  • The sound of running water

    We made it home from Osaka. There is a special feeling that comes when your arrive at your house after a holiday. It is utter relaxation. No longer do you need to worry about other language or customs. There is no need to look up directions, to plan out your day, to journey between sights.…

  • Shopping in Osaka

    Just watching BBC World News as live scorpions are being deep fried in a Beijing market. Now it’s pork in steamed egg in a Chinese take-away. Brings back memories, but I know which country I prefer right now as a tourist. Yes, it’s Japan. And I don’t want to leave. [How do you eat duck…

  • Tale of the Orange Sarubobo

    Each morning the Takayama locals hold a couple morning markets alongside the river. While there are many tourist goods for sale, there are also farmers selling fresh vegetables and pickles from small stalls. It was from a shop alongside the Miyagawa market that I bought by little orange sarubobo doll. The sarubobo was designed to…

  • Beefing it up in Takayama

    First Matsuyama. Then Takamatsu. Now Takayama. Pine mountain. Tall pine. Tall mountain. Not all beauty in Japan is on a miniature scale. The train ride between Nagoya and Takayama is incredibly scenic, running along deep river gorges of boulders and jagged rocks on the way up into the mountains. There was an English/Japanese brochure detailing…

  • You go, me go, Tsumago

    Poor B, she doesn’t have the same levels of energy anymore and with pregnancy we’ve had to slow down and make certain we have meal breaks at the appropriate times. It doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun. Today we caught the Shinano Express to Nakatsugawa, a journey of less than an hour. The intention…

  • Pine trees, tea and fruits

    As I begin writing this we are speeding across Japan at hundreds of kilometres per hour not knowing where we will stay tonight. Our Series 700 ‘Hikari’ Shinkansen will deliver us to Nagoya, but we have not booked any accommodation. Outside the window the sun is a mere patch of glowing yellow in a hazy…

  • Bring you a roman

    Sweet hearts and dreams bring you a roman. Or so says the cover of the Matsuyama brochure handed to us at the tourist office. What it means, I have no clue. It’s been a day of strange things. We squeezed on a subway train to Shin-Osaka station, exchanged our JR Pass vouchers for actual passes…

  • Return to Osaka

    Hello Osaka, we’re back! For once we were fully packed and ready to go when B’s brother arrived to give us a lift to the airport. But when I opened the door I was hit by a hyper-excited bundle of brown and cream fluff. Michael had brought Kita (that’s Japanese for North and Finnish for…

  • Last chance

    Right now my Mother is somewhere in Europe on her very first trip overseas. Tomorrow B’s Mum will fly off to China on a tour of that country’s portion of the Silk Road. And on Sunday… we are off to Japan again. I guess it demonstrates that international travel is possible after children! Actually, I…

  • Reasons and expectations

    Finally, I can reveal the reason we won’t be going to Europe later this year – we are expecting our first child! It’s very exciting for us, but it will undoubtedly change our lives, especially with regards to travel. I still hope to travel with our child; what a wonderful way for them to learn…