Day two of our trip. We left Matsusaka early in the morning and took the train towards Ise Grand Shrine. The shrine is a huge complex composed over 125 shrines centred around two main shrines, the Naiku and the Geku, or the inner and outer shrines. Many people actually make the trip out towards Ise just to pray at the shrine because it is one of Shinto’s holiest and most important sites. We first toured the outer shrine and spent…
So I’m finally making an effort to finish all my blog posts in a timely manner. I went to Mie in May and I’m writing about it two months later. That is still considered a timely manner right? =P For my two day trip to Mie, I went with my dad and my uncle. My uncle had been to Mie before, so I was lucky enough that I didn’t have to do any advance planning for our trip. My uncle…
A week ago my friend Mami and I went to Inuyama. Inuyama is about 30 minutes by train from Nagoya, so it makes a good day trip for those who want to get out of the city. Mami and I didn’t make plans prior to going to Inuyama, so we just kind of figured things out along the way. =P As we headed towards Meitetsu Station, I picked up a flyer that advertised a ticket package for Inuyama. For 1,340…
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…