For our last morning in Okinawa, we woke up a little later than usual after spending the previous night figuring out how to pack our carry on luggage. Even though neither of us bought a lot of stuff, we were still struggling with how to keep our luggage under 10kg. It was such a relief for both of us when we managed to pass through the check at the airport without any problems. Lol After getting ready we made it…
On day three of our Okinawa trip our luck pretty much ran out. We knew prior to going to Okinawa that it would be during rainy season. Even though we were a little hopeful, it still didn’t come as a surprise to us when it rained the entire day during our last full day in Okinawa. Originally we planned to do this two-hour walking tour around Shuri Castle, but we scrapped the idea early on. Instead of heading straight to…
Day two of my Okinawa trip started extremely early. I woke up just before 6am, got downstairs right when breakfast started at 6:30am, ate as much as I could within 10 minutes, then beelined for the bus stop right outside the Prefectural Office. We had to be on time to catch the Yanbaru Express towards Ocean Expo Park which left right at 6:50am. One of the downsides of not renting a car in Okinawa is having to plan everything around…
Getting started on my Okinawa posts while the memories are still [somewhat] fresh in my mind. Okinawa was one of the places I’ve wanted to visit in Japan for a long time, but I’ve never been able to fit it in my trips since it’s so far out of the way. However, this time I specially made the effort to spend a few days on the island. The first day of my trip was mostly spent traveling to Naha. Since…
For the last day of our trip, my mom, sis and I went to Kyoto. Kyoto is pretty close to Nagoya, so I’ve been lucky that I’ve been a few times already. Since it was my mom’s first time, we chose some popular tourist spots to visit. After arriving in Gion early in the morning, we first dropped off our bags at our ryokan, then headed out to our first spot that day – Tofukuji. It was actually my first…