After returning from our Thailand and Vietnam trip, T and I realized that many of our friends would be away over the Christmas and New Year season. Since it was our first time being away from family during New Years, we decided to do something fun with it, so we packed our bags once again and jumped on a night bus to Tokyo!
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The second destination in our vacation of December 2018 was Vietnam. We had long heard about the bustling city culture, delicious food, and breathtaking natural scenery, and wanted to get a taste of what Vietnam had to offer...
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One of our original goals while living in Japan was to travel around southeast Asia as much as we possibly could. Seeing as work was becoming stressful for me, and that the first semester was coming to a close, we decided it was the perfect time to go on our first international adventure...
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Exactly one week after we visted Nata-dera Temple, we piled in our cars once again, this time to visit Eiheiji Temple, which was located in the neighbouring prefecture of Fukui. It was about an hour's drive, but it was very worth the trip...
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In the same day as the previous post when we went to Kenrokuen again, we walked over to the historic tea and geisha district of Kanazawa city. Although it's a fairly small area, you're transported to a different time period as soon as you step foot on the main road...
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In September 2018, T and I took a trip to Kyoto to meet with our Japanese friend who lives there. We met this friend back in Toronto while she was there on a working holiday visa, so of course, now that we were in Japan, we had to meet again in her home country!
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In addition to Kenroku-en Garden, T and I made our way around the city to the next two most famous sites: Kanazawa Castle and the Higashichaya historical geisha/tea district. We got a good taste for the history that Ishikawa had to offer. Interesting fact: Ishikawa is one of the few areas of Japan that was nearly untouched by the world wars, so a lot of its history is still in tact from before the 1900s!
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