Category: Travelling

Osaka – a relaxed business center

Just 35km or 30min train drive from Kyoto (with Shinkanzen, the super express train, it takes 15min) and we are in Osaka, a city of 2.7 million people and metropolin of more than 20...

Kanazawa city and the castle gardens

From Takayama we continued 120km East to Kanazawa city,  a city of about half a million people still it looks more developed and cleaner than Auckland. The journey combined a very slow train journey...

Top sites to visit in Tokyo

Top places should not be missed when you are in Tokyo: 1. Imperial Palace East Gardens The imperial palace is closed for visitos but the East Gardens, bridges and historical towers are open to...

Tokyo is such an amazing city!

We landed in Tokyo after a long trip from Wellington and a series of events which made the planned 12 hours trip last for more than 2 days. The extreme weather conditions that hit...