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After a cracking end to 2014 with my nephew being born, I was ready to tackle 2015 and continue my recent tradition of trying to top the year before.  I had big plans for 2015 and now I am sitting her

I am currently sitting in Narita airport, looking back on my trip before I head home via a 12 hour flight. 31 days, 15 towns/cities it has been an amazing trip and I will miss this country. Transport

I had a lie in today because I had nothing but shopping and sushi on my list todo. After I’d gone for breakfast I headed to Akihabara for one final stroll around this crazy place. I headed to Do

Day 28 mostly consisted of an 8.5hr train from Nagasaki to Tokyo. Imagine an eight and a half hour train with 2 changes on a London Midland or Arriva Trains Wales service? That journey would be painfu

I’d heard before my trip that Shimabara was pretty much a pass through place but I thought with a castle and stuff it must at least be decent. However, it turned out to be the only place so far