Blog Posts - Page 3
Eating Wagyu beef and walking around in Kobe, Japan
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After finding our way through the maze that is Osaka Station we took a short train ride to Kobe, a port town to the west of Osaka, and world famous for its local speciality dish, Kobe beef.
My winter commute in Belgium
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The days are getting longer again, and the sun has been rising and going down right at the same time when rush hour starts and ends. It gives me a sense of calm during these moments when the trains are anything but.
Attending a sumo honbasho in Osaka - Japan
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Osaka is known for its wide variety of high quality food and its history, but we went there with a specific goal, to attend the yearly Sumo competition, the honbasho, in the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (also called the Edion Arena).
Burning torches at the Omizutori festival in Nara, Japan
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Nara used to be the old capital of Japan, and nowadays it's mostly known for its shrines (which are also part of the UNESCO World Heritage, like the ones in Nikko and Kyoto) and its hundreds of tame deer which roam the area freely.
Discovering the ancient history of Kyoto, Japan
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Kyoto is probably the second most popular destination in Japan after Tokyo, and it's seen as one of the most important historic centers of Japan.
A useful tool: mybrowser.fyi
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A handy tool to find out the configuration of your browser and device.
Visiting Nikko for half a day, Japan
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A small village a few hours north of Tokyo (with the Shinkansen bullet train), known for its shrines that part of the UNESCO World Heritage and an ideal place to go to if you want to escape the crowds of Tokyo for half a day.
Exploring the different neighbourhoods of Tokyo, Japan
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A collection of notes, pictures, and trip ideas for Tokyo, Japan, a city with amazing food (sushi!), beautiful shrines (like the Meji shrine) and diverse districts like Shibuya, Ryogoku, Tsukiji and Ueno.
