Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Seeking out sites of historic significance is something our family tries to do whenever we are in a new place. When we started planning Tokyo, Senso-ji made it onto my bucket list for the family. It’s both the oldest and most significant temple in the city and provides an opportunity for kids to step foot in …
Exploring Meiji Jingu Shrine and observing Shinto rituals. The Meiji Jingu Shrine is located in Shibuya, Tokyo and is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the revered spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Sh?ken. Whilst I was mistaken it for an very old shrine, it was formally dedicated in 1920 and completed in 1921. It was destroyed in the …
Having grown up with Sonic the Hedgehog, I thought it fitting to visit the Harry Hedgehog Cafe when we came across it in Harajuku, Japan. Pygmy Hedgehogs have been domesticated for decades and are seen as an easy alternative to dogs and cats in Japan. It was also interesting to read that back in the Victorian …
“The world is always outside. And it is in the world that we must live.” ? Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor It was years ago that I read Across Nightingale Floor and became fascinated by the idea of a nightingale floor. Learning that the Nijo Castle in Kyoto possessed one and was also one of the UNESCO seventeen …
RIHGA Royal Hotel Tokyo : Family Accommodation in Japan Tokyo isn’t just a city. It is a megacity, so for the first time visitor deciding on a hotel can be anxiety provoking. Tokyo hotels are notoriously small and expensive. Knowing a little about the city train lines, the difference between City Hotels vs Business Hotels and …
There are moments each day where I catch a glimpse of a still image in a magazine, on the net or even on the back of a bus, and wanderlust overwhelms me. I start to daydream about a spontaneous trip to that very destination….. Recently T suggested that I should create a “Places We Could Go” list …
Lah-Lah and her Big Live Band have become the main feature in our house with Miss N finding every opportunity to belt out one of their tunes when we are on the way to an outing. She’s even taken to wearing red and white stripy socks! I think we’ve just encountered her first band crush. …