There were two things on our agenda today – visit Himeji Castle and shopping at Den Den Town. However we left our apartment relatively late and after spending more than 20 minutes exchanging our rail passes at Shinosaka station, we could only catch the 12 noon train to Himeji. ThankfullyContinue Reading

Some distinctive features one can almost immediately observe about Osaka – its orderly gridlike road network, the number of cyclists on the road and the love for shopping streets which can be identified by the ‘bashi suji’ in their names. Our first stop for the morning is the Kuromon market.Continue Reading

It has been ages since I blogged about my travels. In 2013, I extended my work trip to Korea, then we went for a short family trip to Bali again. In 2014, we took a family vacation to Tokyo after 10 years and I totally fell in love with theContinue Reading

Hijikata’s route felt more like a historical account than a love story so it was quite disappointing from that perspective. However it still makes for a good and compelling read. Perhaps the futility of all their struggles, knowing that at the end, the Shinsengumi would be exterminated and that theContinue Reading

And so I continued on my adventure in Hakuoki today while trying to map out the various story branches. I didn’t quite consciously choose Okita, I simply avoided making the same decisions that led to Saito. Though I have to say that I found myself more likely to gravitate toContinue Reading