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Alex in motion

A journal of curiousity & travel

Month / April 2016

Tokyo

My final destination in Japan was Tokyo, and what an amazing city! Initially I planned to visit for a week but then quickly realized there was so much to experience that I had stay for several days more. For the largest in the world city, at about 13.5 million people, it felt surprisingly comfortable. You just need to attack it […]

Only in Japan

Here is a compilation of funny, interesting, clever or weird things I noticed while travelling throughout Japan. All of them made me love Japan even more 🙂 Note: Some of these things MAY exist elsewhere, but I haven’t seen them in other countries before. Even if it wasn’t improperly translated, it’s funny they tell you […]

Takayama

By chance, I arrived in Takayama during their two day spring festival. The town has a well preserved district – which was my reason for visiting – that allowed you to see how people lived many years ago. Thus the festival was a pleasant surprise and unexpected bonus. This also meant finding accommodations was challenging, […]

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