by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 13, 2017 | Japan
As a final stop en route to Kansai airport, where we’ll bid an extremely sad farewell to this beautiful and very special country, we stopped one night in downtown Osaka and didn’t know what hit us!! The 2nd largest city in the country, it greets you with... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 11, 2017 | Japan
After wandering around the ‘hallways’ of this traditional Japanese town in yukata (light cotton kimonos) for 2 days, we feel totally relaxed. We stayed in a beautiful ryokan (traditional Japanese inn), but it felt like the townscape was one big ryokan: the... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 9, 2017 | Japan
Whilst in Hiroshima, we thought we’d visit one of Japan’s most iconic sights: the floating torii (Shinto shrine gate) of Itsukushima-jinja. After a 20 minute walk from our apartment, a 20 min JR line journey (not sure we’ve mentioned the JR network... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 9, 2017 | Japan
Unexpectant of this city, we have been inspired by the overwhelming sense it’s given us of the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. Sobering in the extreme, the Peace Memorial Park and museums gave us the opportunity to learn about the city’s... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 8, 2017 | Japan, Uncategorized
We lucked out finding (http://abnb.me/EVmg/NsvVrvUegG) a place run by Brett, Sayako and their little boy Ren. They greeted us at the train station and bent over backwards during our stay: making us feel welcome, helping us with our Japanese language, informing us... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Sep 7, 2017 | Japan, Uncategorized
Happy birthday Lola! What a way to celebrate: professionally dressed in a yukata, hair do and all, and a lesson in Japanese tea ceremonies. Super special day! 
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