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…
After coming back from Korea, our next day was our day trip to USJ. I’ve only been to Tokyo Disney Sea before, so this was my second time visiting a theme park in Japan. I think the only thing I remembered from Disney Sea was the insane amount of time I spent waiting in line. I set my expectations lower this time and only planned to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to go on one ride – Harry…
For our last full day in Korea, we started the morning off at the National Museum of Korea. The permanent exhibition is open to the public free of charge and consists of three floors. It took us the better part of the morning to go through the first and second floor. We decided to break up the visit by having lunch at their food court before going to the third floor. (Side note: There’s actually a lot of options at…
Day 2 in Korea was by far the coldest day for us. We spent nearly 4 hours outside in -20c temperature while visiting Changdeokgung Palace. Note to anyone visiting the palace in the winter – there are no facilities with heating inside, so be prepared to stay outdoors the entire time you’re there. After buying our tickets, we spent about two hours exploring the palace grounds. (Which was actually more than enough time considering how brutally cold it was.) We…