To travel around Japan, other than the fast, clean but expensive Japanese Shinkansen, there is a slower and also a little uncomfortable but much cheaper alternative: night buses. The Japanese night bus network is even more widespread than the high-speed train network, but it requires a bit of adaptability. The…
Ishikagi is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southern part of Okinawa prefecture. Even it belongs to Japan, is definitely closer to the coasts of Taiwan than to those of “continental” Japan (meant as the 4 main islands) and the culture is also very different. I only spent…
Verona is known all over the world as the city of Romeo and Juliet, and actually is also a great city to visit in one day, eventually on the road to Venice. You can also combine it with a day in Brescia, my city, and discover two beautiful Italian cities.…
Mount Fuji with its 3,776 meters high, is the symbol of Japan, not only for tourists, but also for the Japanese: it’s the sacred place where the Kami of Princess Konohanasakuya resides, and climbing Mount Fuji is one of the experiences that should be done in life. It’s a relatively…
Kaohsiung must definitely be included on a trip to Taiwan, is the city that I liked most among the three I’ve visited and on the next trip I will definitely spend another couple of days there. In addition to several points of interest, Kaohsiung is also an excellent base for…
My itinerary in Taiwan started from Taipei, and here I had my first impact on Taiwan and its culture, a mix between Japanese and Chinese ones. Taipei is a modern city, rich in tradition. Is a city whereyou can feel the past of traditional temples and old pharmacies, but with…
While creating my travel itinerary in Taiwan I found different opinions about Tainan. Often is not mentioned among the things to di in Taiwan, but on the other side I also found three-day itineraries in Tainan. So I decided to visit the old capital and oldest city in Taiwan on…
Here we go with the first article about my trip to Taiwan. A general article, rich in information and with the one-week itinerary in Taiwan I followed, all costs and useful information. A week in Taiwan – costs & information Being Taiwan one of the cheapest and closest destinations to…
Both those who visit Japan for the first time, and those who return, Tokyo is an inevitable stop, where things to do and see never end and the choice of day trips from Tokyo is pretty huge. Tokyo is well connected to several cities in Japan, and for tourists, with…
Among the most suggested daytrip from Tokyo (Hakone, Nikko and Kamakura), Kamakura is the option that I usually recommend, both because is the easier to visit from Tokyo, but also because it is full of interesting things to see and with a very relaxed and many different from other places…