During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. On Day 4, after visiting the Himeji Castle, we rode the train back to Kobe for the afternoon. Can you tell we loved Kobe? Anyways, we walked through Kobe Chinatown, down Ikuta Road and visited the Ikuta shrin[...]
On the 4th day of our last trip through Japan we visited Himeji, an hour and thirty minutes away from Osaka to see one of the most beautiful castles!
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018 we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima and Fukuoka. On our third day we headed to Kobe, 40 minutes away by train from Osaka. After walking around Kobe Harborland and having lunch at Cafe Freundlieb, the coolest cafe inside an old church, we headed over to the N[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. On our third day, we headed to Kobe, 40 minutes away by train from Osaka. We strolled towards the Harborland, a shopping center in between the JR Kobe Station and the port area. Afterward, we ate lunch at Ca[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. Osaka isn't my favorite city (sorry, not sorry) so we went up to Kyoto for the day. We visited Kiyomizudera Temple, since last time I visited in April 2017 my friend and I only made it to the gate. Sadly the ma[...]
I planned a huge 11 day trip through mainland Japan back in June 2018, as our last trip in Asia. We visited Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima and Fukuoka; I really wanted to make a stop in Iwakuni but we didn't have time. We flew into Kansai Airport in Osaka, took the shinkansen (bullet train) and then flew back to Oki from Fukuoka Airport.[...]