This subject just has to have a page of its own - Japanese toilets!! There is the traditional Japanese toilet where you squat to do your business But as Michelle discovered while queuing at the Shizuoka stadium even the Japanese don't like using these and were prepared to leave the three Japanese toilets empty and …
Shikoku Island
Shikoku island is the smallest of Japan's five major islands and has a population of 3.8m - just a million less than the island of Ireland! It is encircled by a 1200km Buddhist temple pilgrimage route with 88 temples to visit. We only had three days here so we elected to visit the Iya Valley, …
Kobe and Kyoto in 3 days!
Two and a half hours on the bullet train from Tokyo to Kobe, a distance of 312 miles flew in. We had a chance to see some of the countryside and Mt Fuji. Negotiating the trains and underground was a bit more challenging in Kobe as there was less English about the signs but we …
That’s it from Tokyo – for a few weeks!
A friend commented on a Facebook post after Ireland lost to Japan... "Thankfully you didn’t go all that way just to watch the rugby 😁". Well - yes and no!! Rugby was the catalyst that put Japan on our travel itinerary and because of the rugby it is time to leave Tokyo and head south …
Match day – and afterwards!
You see, hindsight is a marvelous thing but I will try and capture the excitement we had as we travelled 225km to Ecopa Stadium in Shizuoka armed with tickets for the Japan v Ireland pool game. Very pretty tickets even if the result wasn't as nice! In case you are wondering why we didn't come …
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