Category: Japan

  • 06 Oct 2019

Singapore and Japan Wrap-Up

Danielle Steps taken: 352,000 Kilometers walked: 210km Kilometers travelled: 23,480km This Singapore and Japan trip has been life changing. Not only have I come home with a husband, but I have had the most magical experiences in countries that I love with some of the people I love most in this world. Singapore was such […]

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  • 03 Oct 2019

Day 14 – Tokyo Temples Done Quick 2019

17,620 steps taken Today’s plans were nice and simple; head to the Pokemon Center and Nakano Broadway to appease the inner gamers in us. We were headed towards the Tokyo Pokemon Center DX (Deluxe) by 10.30. This is supposed to be the biggest one in Japan! It was pretty impressive, as it holds an entire […]

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  • 02 Oct 2019

Day 13 – Temple Education and Busy Streets

18,995 steps taken Our last days here are going to be very quiet, as most of us are feeling the fact that we haven’t really had a break in 3 weeks. We were supposed to go to Nikko today, which is this gorgeous little town with lots of greenery and beauty to enjoy, but we […]

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  • 01 Oct 2019

Day 12 – Disney!

29,108 steps taken Today marked our full day adventure to Disney Sea. We came here last time we were in Japan and it was still just as magical the second time. This is a place designed to bring as much happiness and magic to as many people as possible, and it definitely delivered! A 6 […]

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  • 30 Sep 2019

Day 11 – A Borderless Experience

15 263 Steps – 8.34kms – By Drew The blockout blinds in the new hotel room means that we got to sleep in a little bit this morning. Which was great because we had a lazy start planned for today. It has been a holiday of go, go, go so it was a nice chance […]

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  • 29 Sep 2019

Day 10 – Osaka to Tokyo

12,901 steps taken – 413.44 km travelled Travel days are always long but exciting. This morning was a nice and relaxed start, with alarms set for 8 o’clock, but really no rush to do anything. Checkout was at 10, and Drew and I were joined by Brad for some last chance temple hunting in Osaka! […]

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  • 28 Sep 2019

Day 9 – Kobe

16,633 steps taken Beef day! We travelled into Kobe by train, and coming out of the station, you could immediately tell what this city is known for. You could smell the delicious scents of grilling beef down every street we went near! But our first step wasn’t to follow our noses towards the food smells, […]

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  • 27 Sep 2019

Day 8 – Chasing Waterfalls

24,364 steps taken – 15.41km travelled Still being a little unwell, we had a slow start this morning, only leaving the hotel just before 11. Drew and I went solo for most of today, with our first stop being a temple nearby the hotel. Imamiya Ebisu Shrine was a very quiet and intimate experience, as […]

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  • 26 Sep 2019

Day 7 – Kyoto to Osaka

17,719 steps taken – 9.66km travelled After such a massive build up to yesterday, I have finally succumbed to this god awful cold that I have been battling for the last few days. But despite me being totally zonked out all day, it was another travel day! We packed up and left the air bnb […]

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  • 25 Sep 2019

Day 6 – Let's Get Married

It was amazing. It was wonderful. I will never forget it. Here is a sneak peak from today. Details will be follow in the coming days but just know I very, very much doubt this is a day that will ever be topped.

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