ELLEN EATS | JAPAN

December 15, 2016.Reading time 16 minutes.

Welcome to the third installment of Ellen Eats. This is easily my favourite EE yet, it’s the Japan edition! I absolutely adored Japan. It has been my favourite travel destination of 2016, and considering I also visited the Maldives and the Philippines this year, that is really saying something. My only wish is that my visit lasted for […]

Seeing Gold in Kyoto

November 21, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

Before I get on with this post and show you the amazing-ness that is the Golden Pavillion, can we just take a minute to appreciate this semi-street art? This was spotted inside someones garage while walking to the train station and I just think it is so awesome. Anyway, back on to what this post […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]