Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
One thing I’ve underestimated so far this trip is the complexity of the train networks in Tokyo and the surrounding area. I thought I had it all figured out during my 11 day trip to Kyushu and Chūgoku in September
My parents used to tell me as a child that if I ate too much instant noodles, my hair would drop. I never got to testing the veracity of that claim, since I got too scared of my hair falling
Winter illuminations are one of the neatest highlights in any winter season visit to Japan, and we checked out the first of such spots on our first day evening at Shinjuku, and in particular the light-ups at Terrace City. This
Our two kids seemed a lot more excited about flying on our national airline than the actual trip itself. Oh, they were of course excited about going to Japan for the first time, seeing snow, enjoying cold weather (again) –
Our itinerary for our 15 day trip to Japan starting next week is – for the most part – finally firmed up, and we’re just now re-checking routes to get from place to place, and making movement notes to visit
Married 13 years now in 2019, though the date for this year’s anniversary staycation was slightly off — the actual date of our anniversary was on a workday and involved a meeting that I couldn’t miss. Our selected property this
The five-day trip to Shanghai actually got off to a rocky start. We were initially supposed to fly on SQ directly from Singapore, but the lack of sufficient seats for the entire travel party meant that our travel agent had
I stayed at the same property over the four nights in the city: the Holiday Inn Express Shanghai Tourism Zone. During the earlier months before the trip, there was scant information about this property — but more recently, the hotel
We were supposed to have arrived in the mid-afternoon, but the flight from Changi took off an hour late + customs clearance was very slow, with the half-dozen immigration counters taking a while to clear the hundreds of persons arriving
Chenghuang Temple (上海城隍廟 or City God Temple of Shanghai) is the well-known Taoist temple situated in the city. Since the 19th century, the place hasn’t been just for religion though, as the area surrounding the temple has been significantly expanded
The more famous museum in Shanghai seems to be the Shanghai Museum, located in the Huangpu District (I visited that in the 2012 China trip, and it was again included in our itinerary, though I won’t be posting about this
The Oriental Pearl Tower — longer name is Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower — was, at 468m, the one-time tallest structure in China until 2007, when it was surpassed by new skyscrapers just beside it. Unlike many of the
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