(French) : J’aime les gateaux et les limaces!
We left Japan on October 16th (already 2 weeks ago!) and now seems to be a good time for a short review of our 3 weeks there.
– Duration: 24 days (from September 23rd to October 16th, 2019).
– Before: Romania
– After: Vietnam
– Expenses: ~3000€/pers, including one-way flight from Bucharest, accommodations, food and visits.
Our trip
Interesting Facts
– Hi-tech WC: in many restrooms, there are electronic buttons to open/close the toilet bowl, flush it, warm it up before you seat and eventually wash your butt! 🙂
– There are public restrooms everywhere
– It is really hard to find trash bins (or we did not manage to spot them?) but the streets are super-clean!
– We only met a few accommodation owners. Most of the time, we received check-in instructions or even videos describing how to find the place we had booked.
– People working for the railway stations were really helpful. In Tokyo, an employee even ran to purchase tickets for me as the train was about to leave! 🙂
– The average living space per person in Japan is around 22 square meters. I guess we won’t complain anymore about how small our flat is when we get back.
– While accommodations are more expensive, food is usually cheaper. We had very good meals for less than 10€/pers in some local izakayas.
Discovered food
Yuba (soy milk skin), Okonomyaki, Takoyaki, Onigiri, Happy Pancakes, Parfait, Shabu Shabu Hida Beef, Hōtō (and countless ramens, tempuras, sushis, tatakis)
Bonus pics
Les priceless sushis, j’en rêve encore ?
Nice article, thanks for the summary 🙂