by Katrine Sivertsen | Mar 3, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Before leaving Kanazawa we strolled through the castle and the Kenrokuen garden. We were lucky enough to get a free private guided tour of the garden, and made it just in time for a tea ceremony. In the evening we arrived in Takayama and checked in to a traditional... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Mar 2, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Shinkansen is the superexpress train in Japan with speeds up to 320 km/h, and we took our first longer trip on one of these lines up to Kanazawa today. Our hotel, Uan, is so sleek and artsy, and we had to try on the Japanese pyjamas, or yukatas, with belts and wooden... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Mar 1, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
The island of Odaiba was on our plan today. On our way there we stopped at Tsukiji fish market with lots of tiny shops and vendors selling fish, meat, tea, and more. (For those of you who watched “Jiro dreams of sushi”, the market was featured in it). Next stop was... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Today we went on an excursion to Nikko, 2 hours north of Tokyo. Nikko has UNESCO listed shrines and temples, of which there are maaaany. We went to the biggest, and possibly most ornate, shrine in Japan, Toshogu shrine. It is also famous for its sleeping cat sculpture... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Another small day trip out of Tokyo today to the coastal town of Yokohama. We visited our first (and probably only) museum dedicated to cup noodles. They were compared to such inventions as the airplane and telephone, so the Japanese revere cup noodles and ramen more...