When in Japan you must stay in a ryokan, a type of traditional Japanese hotel and experience the Japanese culture and lifestyle.…
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Ximending is an enormous shopping area and you can find almost anything here. From fashion to sheesha, from street performer to live concert.…
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Taipei City We touched down at Taoyuan International Airport at dawn and took an hour bus journey to the Taipei City Station. Observing the city view in the early morning, I could see resemblances between the city and Hong Kong, but Taipei looks a bit dated compared to Hong Kong. As if the city…
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I recently realized that even though it has been some time since I started to travel, I have never taken Amma anywhere. You know, just the two of us. After hours and hours of effort to convince her, my plane-fearing-cost-calculating Amma agreed to go with me. “Somewhere, anywhere“, she gave in. My second task…
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At the Nishiki market, you must order the matcha ice cream, take lots of pictures, buy yourself a Kami for good luck or to attract love, get into the photo booth with your friends and stock up on your souvenir here.…
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Geisha is a Japanese hostess trained to entertain patrons with conversation and performance. Chasing Geisha in Gion, Kyoto What I knew about Geisha then was limited, based only on Michelle Yeoh’s hit movie Memories of Geisha. I tried to read the book but couldn’t finish it. But a few hours earlier, a Japanese taxi…
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It was a fantastic trip to Phi Phi Island with my favourite people, making me smile whenever a part of it flashed into my mind.…
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Sayonara means goodbye in Japanese, and today before we say Sayonara Japan, we tried to soak up the Japanese culture as much as we could.…
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We took Shinkansen to reach Kyoto from Tokyo. We booked our seats a day earlier in the legendary Japanese bullet train and didn’t have to do anything as it’s covered by the Japan Rail Pass.…
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Asakusa is a part of Tokyo's cultural heritage map. I also like it because the main shopping area in front of the Sensoji temple.…
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