(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… Continue Reading
To avoid a rather long journey back to Tokyo, we had booked a flight to our next destination (Hanoi, Vietnam) from Osaka instead. Believing Osaka was just “another big city”, we decided to split our last day in Japan between… Continue Reading
Though we spent 5 days in Kyoto, we did not go much out of the beaten path for various reasons (Hagibis typhoon being one of them) so we basically focused on the city “must-do” attractions. Also we eventually prepared for… Continue Reading
According to some online guidebooks, Kanazawa is, for some reasons, often forgotten by French tourists, but has a rich history and culture. It was the home of the Maeda clan, one of the most powerful in Japan during the 16th… Continue Reading
On our way to Kanazawa, we stopped several hours in the “village of the White River”, Shirakawa–gō. Though this traditional village used to be famous for its silk worm culture, we did not see any of these little monsters 🙁… Continue Reading
We learned about Kamikochi through a website and that is actually one of the reasons we decided to come to Takayama. It is a national park located in the heart of the Japanese Alps (1h30 from Takayama) which, one must… Continue Reading
We arrived at Takayama by bus from Kawaguchiko and stayed 5 days in this nice little town, located in the Japanese Alps (actually not so little as it is the prefecture of Gifu). Takayama has conserved its traditional city center,… Continue Reading
Mount Fuji (3776m) is probably the most famous symbol of Japan. We had not initially planned to explore this area but after seeing it written in every travel guides, blogs and websites we figured out we should drop by for… Continue Reading
Our next stop is (was) Nikko, a small area classified “World Heritage” by Unesco, 2 hours North of Tokyo. I must say this green spot was welcome to recover from our last night in Tokyo. On the first day, we… Continue Reading
It’s been days since our last post, so this one should be rather long. For those who want the short version, it all started here: and ended up like this: For everybody else: we arrived in Tokyo five days ago… Continue Reading