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Flying to Singapore!!! My 40th Country (Costs and First Impressions)

June 18, 2024 by hollyGS

I managed to get a few hours of sleep between work and our 4am wake up call. Our flight was at 10:20am from Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport. We both had never flown from this airport before. My mom was to pick us up at 4:30am to take us to the Burlington GO station, but at 4:45 we hadn’t heard from her. I texted her and then called her.. She thought our flight was at 4:00pm and would be there in […]

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We Are LEAVING TOKYO || Last Day in Japan, Exploring Shinjuku (Super Stupid Air Canada Flight)

June 10, 2024 by hollyGS

We left our airbnb at about 8am in order to pack the most into our last partial day in Japan. First we took the Yamanote line to Shinjuku station where we dropped our bags off in a locker for the day, right next to the entrance to the Narita Express (train to Narita airport). We saw a really neat tiled Shinjuku mural in the station as we exited. Our mission for the day was to visit three Inari Shrines (fox […]

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A CLASSIC TOKYO DAY! Meiji Shrine, Harajuku, Nakano Broadway, Akihabara & Shibuya on Saturday Night!

June 4, 2024 by hollyGS

We woke up early to do some more relaxed temple visits to start the day. We decided to walk from our airbnb in Shibuya to Harajuku, not more than 20 minutes away. It was a really pleasant walk, and we found quite a few pedestrian parks and streets. We enter Meiji shrine through the Harajuku entrance. Meiji Shrine is a shrine erected for the emperor Meiji and his empress. Meiji was one of the most beloved emperors of Japan because […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpacking, Beer, budget travel, cheap travel, Japan, japan-travel, self guided, self guided walking tour, tokyo, tokyo in one day, travel, travel vlog, walking tour

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SECRET GORGE in the Heart of Tokyo Japan !! TODOROKI VALLEY!

May 20, 2024 by hollyGS

We jumped on the metro and took the train to Futako-Tamagawa Station and walked to our next destination from there. Futako-Tamagawa Station is not the closest station to Todoroki Valley, but we had spent so much time on trains coming from northern Japan, so we decided to have a lovely long walk along the Tama River. We walked through a lovely pedestrian street followed by a beautiful traditional garden and then a walk along the river. The last twenty minutes […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpacking, Beer, budget travel, cheap travel, self guided, self guided walking tour, shibuya izakaya, Suprising things in tokyo, travel, travel vlog, walking tour, yama river, yazawa river

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A CAT SHRINE and A SUMO SHRINE In Tokyo Japan!!

May 12, 2024 by hollyGS

We woke up at 8am and decided to see Gotokuji Temple first thing in the day! Walking to Shibuya station there was quite a lot of interesting street art. We walked to Shibuya Station and took the Den-en-toshi line to Sangen-jaya station. We then walked to the streetcar line “Tokyu-Setagaya ”. The streetcar line is really cool, some of the trains are cat themed because of Gotokuji Temple. We tapped our ICU Suica cards and stood at the front of […]

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Heading Back to Tokyo! (Shibuya on a Friday Night)

May 5, 2024 by hollyGS

We started our long travel day at Nyuto Onsen in Akita prefecture. We woke up in our super comfy futon on the tatami floors of our lovely Ryokan at 7 am. We had to quickly get dressed and head down to have a specially arranged early breakfast in the dinning area, which was just what we needed as fuel to keep us going for the long day ahead… After one of the most incredible breakfasts, (we write all about it […]

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Renting a Private Onsen in Japan Nyuto Onsen Taenoyu \ Traditional Inn Experience In Snowy Japan

April 23, 2024 by hollyGS

We got up at 7:30am and drank some coffee as we got ready to check out of our Airbnb by 10am. I left our Airbnb host a note with a beer for him. He said he was always drunk after 5pm, so I left a note saying “ enjoy this beer after 5pm on us – Kuma chan” because he had called me kuma chan because of my winter toque with the double pompoms. We left at 9:45am and walked […]

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IS THIS SAFE? Japanese Fire Throwing Festival in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture

April 7, 2024 by hollyGS

At about 6pm we bundled up and headed to the waterfront (the red bridge along the river) to see the winter matsuri. Kakunodate is known for the fire element of their winter matsuri (festival). We walked to the bridge, and even from a block away we could see the warm glow of the bonfires lit along the river. We crossed partially over the bridge to get a good vantage point of the fires along the water. There was a giant […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpacking, Beer, budget travel, cheap travel, self guided, self guided walking tour, swinging fire around your head, travel, travel vlog, walking tour

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Day Trip to YOKOTE! Northern Japan Snow Dom Festival and Beautiful Castle Village

March 31, 2024 by hollyGS

We woke up at 7ish and I bundled up to walk to the kombini alone to get breakfast. I got onigiri, hearty veggie miso soup, coffees and I got Jives a chocolate which I wrapped up because it was valentine’s day and it is traditional in Japan for women to give homemade chocolates to men on valentines day. Clearly I couldn’t make chocolates for him while we were travelling, so this seemed like the next best thing. It is traditional […]

Categories: Asia, Japan • Tags: Asia, backpacking, budget travel, cheap travel, dont miss this in japan, getting to yokote, self guided, self guided walking tour, travel, travel vlog, walking tour

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