Month: June 2012

In the past couple of updates, I’d mentioned how this trip in some regards was about polar opposites. After two nights of hanging out in video game bars and a maid cafe with Nintendo-inspired decor, it only seemed natural that my next destination was Koyasan. About 90 mins south of Osaka lies Koyasan. Resting atop…

If there’s one piece of advice I can pass on about Osaka to any visitors who plan on adventuring in or around the area, it’s that there are actually two Namba train stations. Osaka Namba and Namba Nankai. To make things just a touch more confusing, you can actually walk via a multilevel shopping centre…

Packing up and leaving Sendai, I couldn’t help but feel that this trip was taking on a new form – polar opposites. I’ll delve into this theme more as I get words out there relating to this trip. It’s now been a week since I’ve returned to Melbourne. A lot has happened in that week….

After the random night, I had set my alarm super early to get up to see the ‘golden rings’ or solar eclipse that was occurring at 7:30am. Unfortunately, my spirit was more willing than my body was to get up and get amongst it. After brunch at Freshness Burger (a seriously awesome organic burger chain…