My final day in Tokyo was a fairly quiet one. I needed to go to the airport in the evening, so I spent the morning up in Ueno just to see what was there. What I found was very similar to my first day in London, when I explored the museum district and Hyde Park. […]
I woke up extremely early to see my friend off to the train station, so after moving hotels and settling in, it was only 9am. Unsure what else to do, I decided to finally visit the one place in Tokyo I had to go alone to, Gundam Front. This center of all things Gundam resides […]
As our train back to Tokyo was leaving in the afternoon, we decided to spend the morning in the nearby town of Uji, the center of all this tea in Japan. Although the municipal tea house (which performs Japanese tea ceremonies for visitors) was closed, we made up for it by walking along the river […]
This day was fairly short, since my friend was leaving early the next day and needed to pack. Thus, we decided to make a short trip to Shinjuku and its gardens before meeting another friend from OIST. Although he didn’t have any plan in mind, we decided to spend an hour at a cat cafe. […]
After that rather eye opening experience at the robot restaurant, my friend and I set off for Kyoto for a few days. Naturally, we took the bullet train (or shinkansen) to make the trip in less than 3 hours. Still we were tired after reaching the hotel, so we decided to relax at an onsen (hot […]