Tag: Asia

Whisky, Monkeys, Bamboo and Home!

ByMinion-Chris November 27, 2017 1 Comment
Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Museum Our last full day in Japan would first see us visiting the Yamazaki Whisky Museum. We'd booked this earlier, but even by then the paid tour with tastings were already full. We hopped on the train and arrived at the distillery front gate/security office and were given passes to wear and directed to the museum building. We were able to walk through the museum and...

Himeji Castle and Osaka

ByMinion-Chris November 22, 2017 0 Comments
Himeji Castle Because we weren't able to get to Himeji yesterday we set out early to go today and arrived at Himeji Castle by mid morning. Himeji castle is considered one of the biggest and best representations of Japanese Castle building. When you get off the train, its a short walk towards the castle, but you can see it right when you leave the station. As you get closer you start to realize...

Good Bye Yamamizuki, Hello Hiroshima

ByMinion-Chris November 10, 2017 2 Comments
Breakfast at Yamamizuki After a good nights sleep we woke up headed back downstairs to the Yamamizuki private dining room for breakfast. We were excited because if breakfast was anything like dinner, we were in for a treat! We were not disappointed as breakfast was also a tasty multi course affair! Drive to Kumamoto Sadly it was time to go and say good bye to Yamamizuki. We had a couple hour...

Rowing Takachiho and Yamamizuki Ryokan in Kurokawa

ByMinion-Chris November 4, 2017 0 Comments
Breakfast Our Ryokan provided a complimentary breakfast and we headed down early so we could beat the rush for rowboats. Upon arrival in the breakfast area we were each given this large tray with an assortment of different food items. I was really impressed with the variety that this "free" breakfast offered! For me I really enjoyed the tamago and the grilled fish, they were especially yummy!...

Hiking around Takachiho Gorge

ByMinion-Chris October 31, 2017 8 Comments
Takachiho gorge It was time to leave Miyazaki and make our way to Takachiho Gorge. We left early because we wanted to arrive at the gorge before other tourists. Our AirBNB host had warned us that it was a holiday in Japan and that it may be busy at the Gorge. It was a two hour drive from Miyazaki to Takachiho through a beautiful mountainous area. We had hoped to arrive before it got too busy so...

Miyazaki, Shrines & Lanterns!

ByMinion-Chris October 26, 2017 0 Comments
Leaving Okinawa We didn't have anything planned except that we needed to get the car back to the rental company at 2PM. With the morning to kill, we decided to visit a shopping centre. We were halfheartedly shopping since we knew there'd be opportunity to shop later on and didn't want to carry stuff with us for the rest of the trip! Though at the top of the shopping center, we did score a pretty...