Category: Japan

The Stuff of Bucket Lists: Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

November 17, 2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

When I visited Kyoto, I was looking forward to exploring all the truly out of this world temples that it had to offer, but ultimately, visiting Arashiyama Bamboo Grove was by far the unbeatable highlight of my time in Kyoto. I remember first discovering the existence of this bamboo forest several years ago in a Buzzfeed post, […]

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Exploring The Silver Pavillion and Gion District

November 12, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

After a wonderful morning exploring the thousands of red gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, it was time to head to Gion District to down some Japanese tucker, spot some Geisha impersonators and wander the streets. Gion is known for being the one of the last Geisha districts remaining in Japan. In this area, several hundred […]

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Fushimi Inari: By Day and By Night

November 7, 2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

First things first, I would like to say a big warm welcome to the Japan series! In September I spent some time exploring the amazingness that is Japan and I am so excited to start sharing all of my stories, pictures and adventures with you. There are a whole bunch of Japanese travel related posts […]

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