I’ve recently disembarked from a trip to Japan, in which my journey covered Osaka (Namba, Umeda, Immamiya, Universal City), Kobe (Sannomiya, Soma), Kyoto (Downtown, Fushimi Inari) and Tokyo (Akasaka/Roppongi, Shinjuku/Yotsuya.

It was an interesting trip with lots of culture-shock moments, and I loved every bit of it. I arrived 2 months after the terrible Earthquake that rocked the nation and caused a giant Tsunami.

The biggest inconvenient part about this was that the escalators at Tokyo’s train-stations were mostly inoperable – a bit of a nightmare for travelers with luggage..

A lot of strange things to be seen in this country but it makes it all the more exciting !

I take exhibit A)

Vending machine that sells panties

That’s right, a vending machine that sells panties. I actually think these are used panties.

As the story goes, these panties are worn by housewives, packaged up, marketed as if they were worn by hot younger women and eventually sold in vending machines at adult stores and the like.

The food

The food in Japan is amazing. Nuff said’.

My favourite dish - Yaki Soba

The drinks

I got some pretty interesting drinks out of vending machines that’s for sure.. even a BCAA (branched-chain amino acids) drink!

Pocari Sweat... very hydrating!

Amino Value BCAA Drink

The sights

And all in all, there’s a lot t be seen in Japan.. Here’s are some pictures from my trip..

Deers on Miyajima Island

Itsukushima Shrine's Torii Gate - Miyajima Island

Umeda Sky Building

Great place, great trip, looking forward to revisiting in the near future!

Onto the next trip..

Thailand again, and CANADA!! October 20th I take off.. Woohoo!