Author Archives: Michela
The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
Founded in 1869 by the will of Emperor Mutsuhito (better known as Meiji), the Yasukuni [...]
Flying with Etihad Airways – my experience with the company with the worst customer care
To travel often you need to take a plane and it often happens that the [...]
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Jiufen, Spirited Away and red lanterns
Jiufen is a mountain town east of Taipei, developed around a former gold mine. Today [...]
Visit Hakone, the onsen destination near Tokyo
Hakone is one of the most recommended excursions from Tokyo and a popular destination among [...]
Day trip from Tokyo: Kawagoe, the little Edo
Still relatively undiscovered by Western tourists but steeped in the atmosphere of ancient Japan, Kawagoe [...]
Discovering the Iya Valley
The perception of time changes in the Valley of Iya. Everything flows according to the [...]
Overnight in a traditional Japanese house in Ouchijuku
The small single-car train crosses the Japanese countryside, the rice fields, and then is surrounded [...]