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If you’re in Fukuoka you should stay at Norishico Auto Guesthouse, and if you aren't, go to Fukuoka and stay at Norishico Auto Guesthouse. As a last minute booking, me and my travel buddy chose this hostel, basically because it was cheap and available. It sits about half an hour away from downtown and the [...]
If you find yourself wandering down to Yufuin, maybe after a visit to Beppu to wander around the Floral Village and see Kiki's Bakery- I would recommend the Country Road Youth Hostel as a place to stay! I reserved a place on Booking.com for the good price and promise of a small onsen in the [...]
Beppu, the chimney of Japan’s Southern Island Kyushu, is a famous onsen town with a lot of personality. There was something special about this seedy, soggy town that tripped me up and gave my head a wobble. Walking around the town all I could think of was a specific scene from Ghibli’s Spirited Away that [...]
After rowing and casually strolling around Takachiho Gorge I was on the road again; heading for Amano Iwato Shrine, as seen in a pamphlet I’d been given at my B&B. The drive was beautiful; the skies were clear and the sun was shining as I followed the road around the mountain with the green [...]
This weekend I took a solo road-trip across to Takachiho and my first destination, after an awesome stay at Ukigumo B&B, was the infamous Takachiho Gorge. I wanted to visit here since I first arrived in Japan and researched possible road-trip destinations. It felt so great to finally visit! That morning I woke up early, [...]
Somewhere, nestled in the vast forests of Kumamoto stands the largest stone staircase in all of Japan. After wandering the land for months, I’m glad to say I discovered these 3,333 steps and can now reveal to you its secrets. Ok, so I Google Maps’d it after a friend told me about it, but that [...]
After raking in 37, 896 steps wandering Fukuoka the day before, I decided to give myself a chilled morning, lying in and appreciating how comfy my hostel bunk was. Next, I had a shower and took my time getting ready, came down for breakfast and ate it with an ENGLISH BREW. Completely based, I sat [...]
This weekend, my last 3 day weekend for a while, I decided to hit the road with my lifelong companion, Winnie, to Fukuoka. Fukuoka is a 3 hour bus journey north of me, in the next prefecture (at the top of Kyushu). Fukuoka is well known for the shopping utopia (or dystopia if the thought [...]
My orientation was on 20th July, around 2 weeks before I fly to Japan. I’d recently begun to feel pretty nervous about the whole thing and so was looking forward to the orientation, hoping that the information would put my mind at ease. The orientation was held in London, so I decided to travel down [...]
In my last post I told you all about my exciting and exhausting application to get onto the JET programme. Since that post I received my result… Giphy … and I got accepted! Giphy After taking some time to let it all sink in, I realised that this means that in less than three months [...]
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