Since I was leaving Osaka for Okayama later in the day, I got up early to have breakfast, repacked and dropped off my luggage at the storage lockers, then checked out of my hotel by 10:00am. I wasn’t meeting my friend Michiko for lunch until 11:00am, so I had some time to kill before heading over to Yakiniku Kitan Houzenji. Last time I saw her she was visiting Canada, so it’s nice to see her in Japan this time around. There…
For my first full day in Osaka, I woke up early and had breakfast at the hotel, then it was off to meet my friend Nabeela at Kuromon Market later that morning. It was my first time at Kuromon and while it was a weekend, it wasn’t as busy as I expected it to be. However, there were still quite a few stalls to choose from and we settled on one and ordered a kaisendon for ¥2,800. We had a really nice…
Another trip back to Japan! While I had planned to take a trip there later this year, hitting for tickets to Arashi’s last concert tour in Osaka was definitely not on my bingo card. I didn’t even want to go to Osaka, but I was very happy I made the trip work with my schedule. The added bonus was being able to travel to Shikoku, which is the last of Japan’s four main islands I had yet to visit. I…
For my only full day in Hong Kong, I had a few hours to myself in the morning. I started off by going to the post office to mail off a parcel. Hong Kong is probably the only place outside of Canada where it’s easy for me to run errands. I love being able to get things done like a local and I feel like I can maximize my time doing other things when I’m allowed to be productive. It…
By the time we got to Hong Kong I was thoroughly confused by the time difference as it was the fourth time zone I had traveled to during the trip. Our flight landed at 4:30am and we had to wait almost an hour and a half for the first trains to leave for the city. I also had to reactivate my Octopus card, as it had been a couple years since I last used mine. After making it back home…