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Early Morning Asakusa
This week we decided it would be fun to wake up early and check out Asakusa during the morning. Asakusa is one of our favorite areas in Tokyo and we were curious what it would be like so early. We left home at 4:30 to catch the first train at 5:00. We arrived in Asakusa at just passed 5:30. Come join us and see what it was like.
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Tsukiji Fish Market, a daytime visit
This week we headed over to the popular tourist attraction called Tsukiji fish market or the Tsukiji Outer Market as often called. This area is famous in Tokyo as this used to be the market where all the freshly caught fish where auctioned off and sold to restaurants around Tokyo. The surrounding area was a hotspot of restaurants and bars and the prime spot in Tokyo to enjoy fresh seafood. These days the actual fish market has moved to the new Toyosu area but a lot of the restaurants in Tsukiji remain. We wanted to check out the area and see if it was worth visiting this location during the…
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Tsukishima shinto and sea view
Tsukishima is a lovely place to walk and explore. There are many thing to see.
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Tsukishima Tokyo
Tshukishima with very nice restaurants. They were all filled with people.
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Arriving in Tokyo
We arrived in Japan, Tokyo to build our live here.
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Arrived in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung the fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum is very nice. Together with the Lotus pond it is the best place for a visit.
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Going to Tainan
We went to Tainan and saw Fort Zeelandia and the Eternal Golden Castle.
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History of Chiayi
We saw some history of Chiayi and went to Fenqihu to ride in an old miners train. Then we visited the Ciayi prison.
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Arrived in Chiayi
We went to Chiayi and walked around. We also went throught a Hinoki Village.
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To Taichung
We went with the High Speed Railway from Taipei to Taichung. There we visited the Botanical Gardens and went to the Sun Moon Lake.
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Views in Taipei
We went to the Lungshan temple and walked in the National Palace museum after our hike on Elephant Mountain.
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Taiwan
We went to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Lunar New Year in Malaysia
We went to Kuala Lumpur for the food, Lunar New Year and fun.
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Sumida
On our last day in Japan we visited the Akasaka guesthouse in Tokyo. We spend a lot of time in Sumida.
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New Year in Tokyo
We went to Senso-Ji with New Years eve and it was really crowded. A day after we went to Zojo-Ji and the Tokyo Tower, they were very nice.
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Walk through Fukuoka’s Parks
We went to Fukuoka and walked through multiple parks and saw the castle ruins of Fukuoka.
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Nagasaki
We went to Nagasaki and explored the city a bit. We went to China Town, the Seaside Park, Dejima, peacepark and A-Bomb.
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Kumamoto castle
We went to Kumamoto Castle and went to Mount Aso. An active volcano.
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Temple in Hiroshima
We went to Miyajima island. There we climbed the Mt. Misen. We also went to Mitaki-dera temple.
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Hiroshima atomic bombing
We went to Hiroshima Atomic Peace centre museum and learned about the history. We also visited the Hiroshima castle and the Shukkeien Garden. Which were very nice.
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