I took a really short trip to Europe last week. I don’t even know how I managed to fit in Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn all in 7 days, but with really meticulous planning it went off [mostly] without a hitch! On my first day of travels I flew from Toronto to Stockholm with a transfer in Frankfurt. I’ve heard horror stories of FRA because of how big the terminals are. After this experience I would have to agree it is…
5. Denpark Denpark is a theme park in nearby Anjo City. Since Anjo is known as the Japanese Denmark, a lot of the architecture and gardens inside are made to reflect a Danish townscape. Some of the highlights include the windmills, a children’s play area with an incredibly long roller slide that I may or may not have gone on, and many gardens in bloom with seasonal flowers. Apparently kids can also try their hand at making sausages inside the…
After living in Nagoya for a year and visiting multiple times before, I’ve pretty much covered all the tourist spots there are in the city. Nagoya is actually not known for anything particularly famous, even the castle is a replica. I think that’s why Nagoya is referred to as the boring city between Tokyo and Osaka. =P Some of the major tourist spots I’ve visited multiple times included Nagoya Castle, Osu Kannon Temple, the Nagoya Port Area including the aquarium,…
For one of our day trips outside of Nagoya, I took my sister to visit Inuyama. I was in Inuyama the previous month, but only managed to visit the castle. This time we had a few places on our list, including Meiji Mura and a tour of the Kiso River. We made the mistake of leaving too late in the morning and didn’t arrive at Meiji Mura till close to lunch. From Nagoya it’s a 30 minute train ride, then…
The day after our trip to Kamikochi we took a bus early in the morning from Matsumoto to Tokyo. There’s actually quite a few buses leaving out of the bus terminal in Matsumoto, so it’s really convenient to travel from there. It took a little over three hours before we finally arrived in Shinjuku. I had forgotten how insanely busy it was in Tokyo. It had been a long time since I last stepped foot in Shinjuku and I was…