When visiting the Kansai region, most people will stop by at Osaka and Kyoto. However, Nara is becoming a popular tourist destination too, filled with rich history, temples, shrines, and deers. Japan’s first permanent capital was established in the year 710 at Heijo, the city now known as Nara (奈良). Nara is located less than one hour from Kyoto and Osaka. Due to its past as the first permanent capital, it remains full of historic treasures, including …
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{Japan Winter} Kyoto (Part 1): The golden pavilion of Kinkakuji and the torii gates of Fushimi Inari
In the next few weeks, I will be writing about my (second) experience of being in Kyoto, Japan. We were there for about 3 days in December and visited a number of beautiful places and wonderful food. I’m sure many of you have heard of (or have been to) Kyoto before… Hopefully these Kyoto posts will inspire you to check it out the next time you plan a Japan trip. I mean, why wouldn’t you?! …
Review: The Hello Sandwich Book is pretty to look at & awesome to get your crafts on!
Introducing my very own “HELLO SANDWICH かわいく暮らす、ものづくりのアイデア帖” book! I haven’t had a chance to try making any of the art & craft tutorial in this book yet, so this is more of a quick look review. Or, more like, a “show off cos I have this book and you don’t” review. Either way, enjoy it! For those who don’t know, Hello Sandwich is a blog/brand by an Australian artist/designer, Ebony, who lives in Japan. Yep, now you …
How to create a very Japanese high school themed birthday party
One week before my 30th birthday, I invited about 30 of my closest friends to party with me. Knowing me, there was a theme: Japanese high school. Knowing me, everything was colour coordinated: pink. Knowing me, I wanted everyone to dress up: school uniforms. Instead of just telling you how awesome of a party I had (I had a very awesome party btw), I might as well share some of the things that I did …
{Japan 2012} Day 6: Tokyo – Harajuku, Yoyogi Park, Akihabara
Tokyo is by far my favourite city on earth (so far). I love it. My hubby and I visited Japan in March 2012 for our honeymoon, for about 10 days in total. We focused our visit on Tokyo. With the little planning that we had (since we had a wedding to organise also), we found out that Sundays is a great day to be in several areas. Since we were only able to have one …
Celebrating my birthday ala Japanese in Melbourne
Last year, I celebrated my birthday in Japan. In fact, I spent half of it in Kyoto and the other half in Tokyo. And it wasn’t just any other trip, it was the honeymoon. What a birthday, huh! So this year, I decided that I should re-live my Japan birthday celebration by going around Melbourne and doing some very typical Japanese things. It was heaps of fun as the hubby and I walked (and drove) around …