Every major tourist area has its main stop, that must see attraction all visitors must go to or their time in that particular area, town, city or country would be incomplete. Good examples are the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York. For Kyoto that place is Kinkaku-ji or the “Temple...

Nijo Castle is a massive complex in Kyoto Japan built in the early 1600′s as the home of the first Shogun of the Edo Period Tokugawa Ieyasu. The entire Nijo Castle grounds include various buildings, temples, gardens, moats, walls, ponds and watchtowers and unsurprisingly it is one of Kyoto’s...

One of the three main stops during my 1 day exploration of Kyoto while in Japan was Ginkakuji a Zen temple which was originally constructed in the late 1400′s. It was originally intended to be the retirement villa of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned in Japan...

I was fortunate enough to have two amazing friends to stay with while in Japan, the first Jamaican pal I met through his blog about his life and experiences being an English teacher in Japan and the 2nd a beautiful Japanese lady who intrigued me because she was a Japanese reggae singer who makes some...

So I am about halfway through my vacation time in Japan. I’ve seen many places and experience a lot of the things I dreamed about doing in Japan. My Japan update videos so far has only allowed viewers to view my ugly mug as I chat on about where I have been, what I have seen, what I have done,...

The last few days has been crazy hectic, I have clocked up hundreds of miles traveling to various places such as Nara, Kyoto and Osaka but now I am back in Yokohama with plans to just be lazy today while going through the some of the close to 1000 photos I have taken so far in Japan. At the end of the...

Still less than a week since I have been in Japan and my adventures continue. Since my last update I traveled via the bullet train to Nagoya where I saw the magnificent Nagoya Castle at night and had hitsumabushi for dinner. I spent the night at my Japanese friend’s house and the next morning we...

If you are reading this you probably agree with me that Japan is a fascinating country. I got interested in Japan many years ago and no matter how I dive into the people, culture, practices, history etc I still feel like I am only at the tip of the iceberg. I like anime, manga, technology, science and...

Yes it’s known that I am Japan enthusiast, but where will I go when I someday finally realise my dream and can afford a trip to Japan? These are the top 3 places I’d like to visit when i go to Japan, probably not in one visit but you never know ^_^. Sendai Sendai is a large city of over one...