This wednesday I went to the city of Nara with one of the volunteers from the guesthouse. It’s around an hour away from Kyoto and very easy to reach from Kyoto station. As soon as we arrived we were overwhelmed with the amount of deer merchandise. Deer shaped cookies, deer towels and literally everything else […]
2018
Kiyomizu-dera: Temple nr. 1
Kiyomizu-dera is the closest “big” temple to the guesthouse I’m staying at. It’s one of the very well known attractions in Kyoto. I went there on my second day here and another time with a couple of friends from the guesthouse a few days later. It’s surrounded by a huge touristic/shopping area. You can also […]
A first look of Kyoto
These are some pictures I took on my first few days in Kyoto. My hard drive with the SD card reader got stolen at my old guesthouse, so I had to find another way of getting my pictures off the camera. I went around Kyoto with a bike I borrowed from the guesthouse here. Even […]
Life in Hakuba – White Hill Lodge
Now that my stay in Hakuba has sadly ended, I wanted to share a little of what live is like there and some of the interesting things I’ve found around. I lived in a guesthouse called White Hill Lodge, which is in the Echoland part of Hakuba. When I first came here, the place was a […]
Monkeys in the Hot Spring!
Today we visited the snow monkeys in the Jigokudani Monkey park. We found the monkeys bathing in the hot spring (an onsen) and running all over the place. Enjoy some of the pictures I took there!. And if you want your illusion ruined, here is what it actually looked like
New Years in Japan
New Years is arguably one of the biggest celebrations in Japan. It is definitely the busiest time of the year in the ski resorts. Our guesthouse was completely booked out and the streets and restaurants were packed with people. The staff of the guesthouse decided to go to the fireworks at one of the ski […]