Category: JapanPage 2 of 9
Travels around Japan, from the time living here as an English teacher on the JET programme, to the time spent living and working in the ski resort area Niseko.
As well as our road trip around Japan, which is in its own sub category
We survived the night in the freezing van. The cold was not something we’d expected (nor prepared for). We arrived late last night at Takachiho, and were too…
We arrived in Kagoshima City quite early (but at the scheduled time), which was disappointing because I wanted to have another bowl of that amazing ramen for breakfast. …
Today featured a 6AM wakeup, just to be sure that we made it to the ferry terminal in time, as we couldn’t afford to miss it again. The ferry…
It was a relaxed Sunday morning, starting the day with pancakes at our friend’s house. We had a HUGE day ahead of us, so we didn’t waste too…
The original plan for today was to explore around Zamami Island again and then catch the ferry back to Kagoshima in the evening. One (small) hiccup. The ferry…
We woke early, as our host was also up early-ish for work (today she remembered to set her alarm) and we had to get into town early to…
It was (yet another) morning of mixed weather. Heavy rain followed by brief glimpses of sunlight. Not really sure what was going to happen we thought we’d try…
We couldn’t believe how hot/muggy it was. I guess that was feeding the heavy rain that fell during the night. The morning came and we tried to get…
The thick heavy clouds that were looming yesterday came during the night, and did they ever bring along rain. Our hearts sank a little. We realised that we…
During the night (and presumably as we left the shelter of the bay in Kagoshima) the typhoon induced swell rocked the boat around quite violently. It was moving…