On our final day in Japan, we only had time for a morning quick trip to Nanzoin Temple - known for its bronze statue of a reclining Buddha, said to be the largest bronze statue in the world.
Read MoreToday will be a very relaxing pace, and also the first time of our entire trip thus far that we went out of our hotel room around 10am. We will be visiting Ohori Park, Fukuoka Castle Ruins, and Fukuoka Tower as the title.
Read MoreWe will be spending a day trip exploring the quaint (and rather touristy) town Yufuin, where one could experience mountains, lakes and onsen in this small town.
Read MoreToday we will be spending a day exploring Hiroshima studying its historical part; which are the A-Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Park, and Peace Memorial Museum.
Read MoreToday, it will be a day trip to Miyajima and will be moving our hotel base from Osaka to Hiroshima. This is another day of super early wake up to check out of the hotel, and take one of the earliest shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Hiroshima Station.
Read MoreAnother (lost count of how many) super early morning start, since today we need to travel from Osaka to Okayama for a jam-packed schedule. Fortunately, we travelled by the faster trains; Shinkansen (return trip from Osaka to Okayama) and Limited Express (return trip from Okayama to Kojima).
Read MoreAnother super early morning start since we need to travel from Osaka to Kyoto (local train->shinkansen->local train). Today we will be visiting Fushimi Inari, Ginkakuji, and Arashiyama in Kyoto.
Read MoreToday’s main objective is to visit Kaiyukan as we didn’t manage to enter the other day due to a long snaking queue. Apart from that, we also travelled for photo ops at a couple of iconic Osaka’s spots.
Read MoreToday will be a long day trip to Kyoto, with us waking up super early around 4.45am to bath, prepare, and travel from Osaka to Kyoto.
Read MoreOn our 10th day now, which is the halfway point of our trip! Today we will be going to Osaka Castle, HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel, and Kuchu Teien Observatory.
Read MoreFor Day 9 we explored around Shinsekai, Tempozan Ferris Wheel, Glion Museum, and Cosmo Tower Observatory. Most are in the same area, so it will be more efficient in terms of time spent on transport and point to point walking.
Read MoreDay 8 is more of a mini post, documenting our short last morning in Kanazawa before taking the Limited Express to Osaka which we had our best Ramen during this trip that spans across numerous cities in Japan.
Read MoreToday we will be spending a full day in Kanazawa visiting Omicho Market, Kenrokuen Garden, and Kanazawa Castle.
Read MoreToday we will be doing a day trip to both Hida-Takayama and Hida-Furukawa, and we quickly realised (and regretted) that 1 day is not enough time to do proper sightseeing for both.
Read MoreToday we will be doing a day trip to Shirakawago village in Gifu, and travelling there via a return coach trip from Kanazawa bus terminal.
Read MoreOne of the good pâtisseries in Fukuoka for our foodie list; Jacques is also one of the last food places we visited in Fukuoka and our entire 2019 Japan trip.
Read MoreEvery ramen lover will definitely want to do a pilgrimage visit to Ichiran main store in Fukuoka (regardless of how mainstream Ichiran is) at least once in their life, so we did last November!
So the million-dollar question is, how does it fare?
Read MoreThe legendary blue bucket ramen restaurant, the OG ramen nazi with comprehensive rules when dining in, and lastly what most of you might know this restaurant for; having the creamiest, richest, and heaviest tonkotsu ramen broth ever.
Read MoreOne of the most raved ramen restaurants in Hakata, and probably the most popular around Hakata Station area. Furthermore, tonkotsu ramen originates from Hakata, so we are very excited to try it from the originating city!
Read MoreA popular roll cake speciality shop in Yufuin, where their roll cake sells out regularly by afternoon or even earlier.
So…does the taste lives up to its hype?
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