30/04/18 Goodbye Tokyo, a day full of transportation today to get to Sapporo. My second trip on the Shinkansen, to cross half the country in about 8h. As Tokyo station is a terminal, I could watch the train seats turning in the right direction before being ready for us to Read more
14/04/18 Today I move to another hostel, which has the same as the previous one so I thought they were part of the same group. I expected the same type of service and comfort, but they don’t have much in common. I am allowed to stay in the bedroom any Read more
10/04/18 Tokyo is surprisingly not as busy as I imagined. At least not in the centre where my capsule hotel is located, close to the fancy boutiques. I was expecting a lot of traffic, streets so busy you can’t cross without bumping into people. I saw homeless people for the Read more
07/04/18 Feeling tired today. It is cold outside (12 degrees) and I need to find a new sim card (as mine is about to expire) and some groceries. I walked to the Nagoya train station to grab some tourist brochures, then went to an Aeon shopping mall hoping to find Read more
06/04/18 It is interesting how comfortable you can get in a bedroom of 2 m3 (capsule hotel). It is a bedroom, a kitchen, a laundry and a living room all at once. Today I won’t be able to avoid the rain, forecasted at least at 80% all day. The first Read more
03/04/18 To go to Kyoto, I had to go back to Osaka first so I stopped for 1 night. arrived early so I could drop my bag at the hostel. I went straight to the Kuromon market which is a cool covered market. A lot of fresh fish, fresh fruits Read more
01/04/18 I need ro reach Koyasan today but I found some news online about a few stations not being reachable by train at the moment so I leave early to be sure I can make it on time. As I will spend 2 nights in the middle of nowhere with Read more
30/03/18 I want to see the castle of Osaka, and on my way, I quickly stop by the Pokemon centre, which is a big shop for Pokemon merchandising. It is located on level 8 of a massive shopping centre which has at least 13 floors, it is like Myer, just Read more
28/03/18 I arrived yesterday in Matsue with the express bus -there is a deal exclusively for tourists – 500 yen. Despite me getting on the wrong bus again, as I realised quickly enough, the driver was too nice and dropped me at the next stop where by bus was coming Read more
25/3/18 I arrived very early in Hiroshima by train, where a volunteer lady offers me a city map. I hope to drop my bags at the hostel. The owner sent me a video on how to get to the hostel from the train station! Hard to miss the only light Read more