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{Japan} Sakura petals & colourful lanterns at Kawagoe Spring Matsuri, Saitama

{Japan} Sakura petals & colourful lanterns at Kawagoe Spring Matsuri, Saitama

Last weekend, I visited one last sakura spot with a friend of mine before all the pink turn to green, just so we could take pictures and stuff. Because if a sakura petal falls in the middle of the forest and no one is around to take a photo of it, does it really happen? Ha. We visited Kawagoe, a small town in Saitama that’s only about 1 hour away from Shinjuku. It is a nice old town with …

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{Japan} Cherry blossom viewing at Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo

{Japan} Cherry blossom viewing at Chidorigafuchi, Tokyo

There are so many reasons to visit Japan, but one of the most common ones is to view the cherry blossom in April. Now that we have moved to Japan, I knew we had to make use of that one-week full-bloom period that we have, so after visiting Roppongi on March 31st, we decided to visit another spot on April 1st. Chidorigafuchi appears on so many top lists on where to view cherry blossoms in …

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{Japan 2012} Day 5: Kyoto & Tokyo (rest day)

{Japan 2012} Day 5: Kyoto & Tokyo (rest day)

With less than 2 weeks in Japan, we stayed in Tokyo most of the time. However, we did have a really awesome short trip to Hakone and Kyoto too. And so on day 5, we spent some time in Kyoto before heading back to Tokyo. Hope this helps your future Japan trip, travelbugs! Day 5: Kyoto I love markets. They are colourful, filled with little trinkets that are useless but are so photogenic and usually, …

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