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We woke up early, bought our breakfast at the nearest convenience store (konbini), and took a morning exercise walk to Zenkoji Temple since it was within walking distance from our hotel, Sotetsu Fresa Inn Nagano – about 2km away or 30mins walk one-way. The streets were quite empty with only a few cars on the …
It is Cultural Day, and the local crowd was expected to be large as it is a national holiday. We arrived early at the Alpico office to purchase our Zenkoji & Togakushi 1-Day Ticket Pass. It was the most affordable and convenient option at a price of 3,000yen each. Prior to that, we stopped by …
It’s our first trip back to Japan since 2019, and we were incredibly excited for this long-awaited journey. As always, we opted for the ever-reliable Singapore Airlines to travel from Penang to Nagoya’s Chubu Centrair Airport via a short layover at Singapore’s Changi Airport. Since I can’t sleep on airplanes, I figured I might as …
We woke up to another beautiful morning with super blue cloudless skies. Great day for a stroll – so we decided to walk all the way to Cape Noshappu. We got some snacks and drinks from the tourist centre since the Seicomart konbini is still bare with no delivery since the earthquake. We got some …
Shortly after midnight, we were woken up by an announcement speaker from the station (which kept repeating). Then our fan started to move. Electricity is back! yahooooo!! Water was also running and we had our bath at 1am. Charging our devices – we promptly went to bed. Next morning, we went down to get some …