Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
There are two f2.8 zoom lenses that are widely considered mandatory items for professional and enthusiast photographers; a 24-70mm, and a 70-200mm. So, whenever there’s a new camera system launched, photographers all around would be particularly interested to see where
Truth be told, we made two fairly large mistakes in planning our itinerary. The larger of the two was making a major itinerary change – i.e. making Hokkaido instead of central Japan our main focus – after we’d bought our
We’d opted for a late afternoon departure from Hokkaido back to Tokyo. We’d done so because in the earlier versions of the itinerary, we’d be spending just one evening in Hakodate, so maximising the amount of time we’d have in
Motomachi is the port-side district in Hakodate that looks most un-Japanese. The area is extremely popular with visitors, but possibly in part because there were varying degrees of snowfall for the afternoon, the area wasn’t as crowded as other spots
Our last substantial day of visitations this trip, before we make our way back to New Chitose Airport tomorrow for the flight back to Tokyo, and the day after that, the SQ flight back home. We found this place –
And finally, our last stop for Day 12: going up Mt. Hakodate for what’s regarded as one of Japan’s top three night views of its cities. Nicknamed “Glimmering Jewellery Box”, it sure looks it. The view from this mountain surpasses
Up the 107 m tall Goryokaku Tower next – the only easily accessible way to see the five-point star-shaped former fort of Goryokaku. The park seems ordinary on the ground, but viewed from above, it takes on a completely different
Day 12 and we’re headed to the last leg of our trip – the port city of Hakodate. Our original plan was to spend a night in this city, but now that we’d added an additional night, we have quite
Whoops. Why were we visiting a cemetery…? Well, for starters, this was the only other place of interest to us in the area, so we included the place – ostensibly as an ‘optional’ place to visit after Takino Suzuran Hillside
There were two large revisions we made to our Japan Dec 2019 itinerary in the months of planning from July onwards. Firstly, we decided not to do a round city-by-city loop from Tokyo and opted instead to spend a substantial
While Nakajima Park was always on our itinerary for Day 10 morning, Moerenuma Park wasn’t anywhere on our itinerary initially. The park isn’t in Sapporo Central but on the outskirts, though accessible by Bus 76 from Kitasanjuyojo Station, with the
The last nine days have seen us getting up really early every morning – for the adults, it’s been as early as 5:30 AM – and routinely returning back to the hotel at 8 PM or later. The kids have
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