Last week my husband, oldest son and I came back from an amazing holiday - just over two weeks in Japan and four days in Seoul, South Korea. We have been to Japan before and absolutely love it, but it was the first time in South Korea. I thought I would share some of my photos.
Walking around gardens in Tokyo is one of my favourite things - to think that some have been planted hundreds of years ago, and tended and enjoyed for so long amazes me.
Random, different garden photos-
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| field of cosmos |
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| swan boats |
We saw so many 'new-to-me' plants -
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| this one was in a metro station |
Travelling for us is about experiencing the country that we are in - we stayed in Air B&B's, shopped at the grocery store, travelled by train and metro, and did lots of walking (15-20 kms a day).
Here are some photos from our walks -
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| Sky Tree tower near where we stayed in Tokyo |
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| Akihabera |
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| saw lots of Mario Cart tours |
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| apartments built around an older building |
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| gas station - the pumps are above |
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| so many sculptures |
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| a park under a highway |
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| mix of old and new - Imperial Palace wall |
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| near where we stayed - Kinshicho station on the right |
Shibuya Scramble Square Tower opened while we were there, so we had to go see it-
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| we went to the top of that tower |
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| the top is open (it is a helicopter landing pad) |
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| view from the top |
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| famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing |
We went to the
Tobacco and Salt Museum , it was an interesting museum and there was a wonderful display of miniatures-
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| the detail was incredible |
We took a couple of day trips from Tokyo.
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| there was lots of fishing happening |
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| sculpture in the town |
Another day trip to the
Jogasaki Coast-
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| when you are from the centre of Canada ocean views are amazing! |
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| a sculpture garden in Ito |
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| steep roads in Futo |
The main reason that we went to Tokyo at the time that we did was to see the
Tokyo Motor Show-
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| Tokyo Big Site |
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| so many futuristic cars |
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| some old |
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| some super |
While we were in Seoul we mainly walked around -
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| built on an old train line |
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| people dressed in traditional clothes outside Gyeongbokgung Palace |
The next photos are the
Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul -
We had an amazing time! Saw family - which was lovely! Now if we can just get over the colds we came back with..
All the best!
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