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Odaiba Tokyo Ooedo-Onsen Monogatari – Hot Spring Theme Park in Tokyo

Situated in a volcano-active region, Japan has over 3000 hot springs scattered throughout all the country, every region has its share of of springs and resort towns. Known as onsen in Japanese, there are many types of hot springs in Japan: indoors and outdoors, gender separated and mixed. Onsens are either run publicly by municipals […]

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Maiko Makeover with Kyoto AOI – The Day I Became An Apprentice Geisha

The best part about travelling, aside from trying out new cuisines and taking beautiful photographs, is the chance to learn about another culture. There are many such activities such as pottery making and Japanese tea ceremony, but geisha makeover has always been top of the list for me. I was really looking forward to getting a […]