TRAVELS

2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2018 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023

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[2023]

Japan: Tokyo

~TBC~
December 2023

New Zealand / Aotearoa

~TBC~
September 2023
Auckland • Hobbiton • Aoraki Mount Cook National Park • Westland Tai Poutini National Park

Japan: Tokyo

23 January - 5 February 2023

[2022]

Japan: Tokyo & Aomori

~Post pending~
22 October - 13 November 2022, Makoto Cleo (Cupcake Curio)
Aomori • Hirosaki • Towada-Hachimantai National Park (Hakkoda, Lake Towada, Oirase Keiryu) • Shirakami-sanchi • Nikko • Tokyo
Instagram posts here, Aomori stories here, and Tokyo stories here.

England & A Weekend in Paris (BFF Trip #4)

~Post pending~
End June - early July 2022, Lacroix (SplatterGirl UK)
London • Paris • Oxford • Cambridge
Instagram posts here.

[2021]

Seoul, South Korea (VTL)

~Posts Pending~
End November - mid-December 2021, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
Instagram posts here.

Singapore Staycation: Sentosa

End July 2021, Lacroix (SplatterGirl UK)
Part 1. Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa • Fort Siloso • Fort Siloso SkyWalk • Sentosa Cable Car
Part 2. Fort Siloso: Waves of the Strait mural • Sentosa Coastal Trail • Siloso Beach

[2020]

Tokyo & Karuizawa

~Posts Pending~
March 2020, Mr. White Cloud (Fluffy House) & Labubu The Monster Patisseries Series (Kasing Lung x Pop Mart)
Instagram posts here.
I. Karuizawa • Hoshinoya Karuizawa (3N) • Bleston Court Yukawatan • Shiraito Falls • Kawakami-an Soba • Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street
II. Nagano • Jigokudani Monkey Park (Joshin'etsu-kogen National Park)
III. Tokyo • Marunouchi Station Hotel • Hoshinoya Tokyo • Maruzen 2020 Pen Fair (Nihonbashi) • Akihabara • Odakaya Shinjuku • Yoyogi Park • Shinjuku Gyoen • Sushi Kimura • Sushi Takemitsu • Sushi Nanba Asagaya • Yakiniku Rokkasen • Menya Maishi (Ginza) • Kagari (Otemachi) • Ramen Kazami (Ginza) • Ramen Tomita (Kitte) • Roast Beef Ono Akihabara • Flipper's Pancake Shibuya • Ramen Hayashida (Shinjuku)

[2019]

Kansai with Momiji (BFF Trip #3)

~Posts Pending~
October 2019, Momiji & Naomi (Wabi-Sabi Dolls)
Instagram posts here.
I. TokyoBlytheCon Fashion Tour 2019 (Akiba Square, Akihabara UDX) • Akihabara & Nakano • Ghibli Museum & Mitaka Forest Festival 2019 • Nippon Cuisine by Hamada Noriyuki (Hoshinoya Tokyo) • Sushi Yoshitake • Sushi Ishiyama • Okinawa Dining Ryutan (Tokyo Station) • Gyukaku Yaesu-ten • Ramen in Tokyo (Ginza Kazami, Niboshi Ramen Gyoku, Kagari)
II. Osaka • Kuromon Ichiba • Sennichimae Doguyasuji • Tennoji Park • Shinsekai • Luke's Lobster • Sushi Harasho • Sushiyoshi • Kushikatsu Yokozuna Shinsekai • Okonomiyaki Kiji (Umeda Sky) • Ramen in Osaka (Ramen Kiou, Ryukishin LEO)
III. Kobe • Kobe Steak Mouriya Sannomiya-ten • Shin-Kobe Ropeway & Nunobiki Herb Garden
IV. Kyoto • Guesthouse Hana Lucky Villa • Arashiyama • Nishiki Market, Shijo & Teramachi • Hieizan Enryakuji, revisited • Gahoujin Kappa Gion • Ramen in Kyoto (Ginjo Ramen Kubota, Gogyo, Tsunatori Monogatari, Masutani)

Kyushu Road Trip with Momiji

May 2019, Momiji (Wabi-Sabi Dolls)
Day 0 • Singapore - Tokyo - Fukuoka
Day 1. Saga Prefecture • Yutoku Inari Shrine (Kashima) • Takezaki Kaisan (Tara) • Shiibasansou (Ureshino)
Day 2. Yame • Kitaya Brewery • Shutei Gin no Ka • Iwatoyama Kofun • Yame Traditional Craftwork Centre • Yame tea plantations • Yabe no Mori
Day 3. Kumamoto Prefecture • Tsuetate Onsen • Nabegadaki Falls • Ikeyama Suigen • Sozankyo
Day 4. Aso • Kusasenri • Daikanbo • Akaushidon Iwasaki • KAI Aso
Day 5. Takachiho • Takachiho Gorge • Takachiho Shrine • Ama no Iwato Shrine • Ama no Yasugawara Shrine (skipped) • Kunimigaoka (skipped) • Solest Takachiho • Restaurant Nagomi
Day 6. Aso & Kirishima • Kusasenri • Ramen Keika, Kumamoto • Kirishima Shrine • Kirishima Hotel
Day 7. Sakurajima • Kirishima Hotel 100-Year Cedar Garden • Maruo Falls • Arimura Lava Observatory • Yunohira Viewpoint • Tsukiyomi Shrine • Sakurajima Michi-no-Eki Rest Stop, Hinoshima Megumikan • Karasujima Viewpoint • Nagisa Lava Trail • Nagisa Park Foot Bath • Kurokami Buried Torii • Kurokami Viewpoint • Sakurajima Ferry • Kagoshima wagyu at Gyu-do!
Day 8. Yakushima • Yakusugi Museum • Ryujin no Taki • Senpiro no Taki • Tsukasaki Tidal Pool • Ohko no Taki • Seibu Rindo • Yakushima Seaside Hotel
Day 9. Yakushima • Shiratani Unsuikyo • Hachimanju Cha-en
Day 10. Yakushima & Kagoshima • Suginoya • Yakushima Airport • Kurobuta tonkatsu at Mansaku, Aira • Miyama District (Miyama Toyukan & Chin Jukan Touen) • Shiroyama Viewpoint • Richmond Hotel Kagoshima Tenmonkan • Ramen Kuroiwa
Day 11. Kagoshima to Fukuoka • Sengan-en • Teruzushi, Kitakyushu
Day 12. Fukuoka • Kushida Shrine • Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum • Hakata Riverain • Tenpyodo • Iwataya Annex • Canal City Hakata • Shodai Hidechan at Ramen Stadium • Hamleys
Day 13. Tokyo • Hoshinoya Tokyo • Shopping • Sushi Nanba Asagaya
Day 14. Tokyo - Singapore • Sushi Kimura

CNY Getaway with Elizabeth Rose

February 2019, Elizabeth Rose (K07 Dolls)
I. Odawara, revisited • Plum blossoms at Soga Bairin
II. Shizuoka & Fuji Five Lakes • Shiraito Falls • Lake Tanuki • Oshino Hakkai
III. Kawazu • Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2019
IV. Tokyo • Gotoku-ji • Nezu Shrine & Otome Inari Shrine • Yushima Tenmangu

[2018]

Mr. White Cloud Goes to Manila

~Post pending~
December 2018, Mr. White Cloud (Fluffy House)
Instagram posts here.
Makati • Intramuros

Hokkaido Summer Road Trip (BFF Trip #2)

~Posts pending~
July-August 2018, Yuzu Veena (Tiina Dolls)
Instagram posts here.
I: Central Hokkaido • Asahikawa, Biei & Furano • Himawari no Sato, Hokuryu • Daisetsuzan National Park (Tenninkyo & Sounkyo)
II. Southwest Hokkaido • Sapporo • Otaru • Yoichi Nikka Distillery & Shakotan Peninsula • Shikotsu-Toya National Park (Lake Toya, Usu-zan & Showa-shinzan) • Onuma Quasi-National Park
III. Hakodate, revisited • Hakodate Asaichi • Uni Murasaki • Mt. Hakodate
IV. Tokyo • teamLab Borderless exhibition at Odaiba

Tokyo Hanami with Yui Jamie

~Posts pending~
March-April 2018, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
Instagram posts here.
I. Tokyo • Hama-rikyu • Showa Memorial Park • Chidorigafuchi, Yasukuni Shrine, Kitanomaru Park • Shinjuku Gyoen • Junie Moon Daikanyama & Shinjuku Marui Annex • Akasaka Palace Geihinkan • Chinzansou
II. Nikko • Shinkyo • Toshogu • Kegon Falls • Ryuzu Falls
III. Hakone • Onshihakone Park • Daikanzan
IV. Ibaraki • Nemophilia at Hitachi Seaside Park
V. Tochigi • Wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park
VI. Yokohama • Tanaka Tatsuya Miniature Life Exhibition

CNY Getaway with Velouria

~Posts pending~
February 2018, Velouria (Cupcake Curio)
Instagram posts here.
 I. Tokyo • Ghibli Museum • Oniku Karyu
II. Odawara • Soga Bairin • Odawara Castle
III. Osaka • Atelier to naniIRO • Junie Moon Horie Store
IV. Hida Mountains, revisited • Hirayu Onsen • Takayama (Shinhotaka Ropeway, Showa-kan) • Hida-Furukawa (Ryokan Yatsusankan, revisited)
V. Fuji Five Lakes, revisited • Kawaguchiko Winter Fireworks 2018 • Itchiku Kubota Museum • Kawaguchiko Art Museum

[2017]

Japan with Peko-chan

~Posting in progress~
November-December 2017, Milky Peko-chan (PJ Dolls)
I. Suwa, Nagano • Lake Suwa • Suwa Glass Museum • Seiko Shiojiri
II. Hida MountainsShirakawa-goTakayamaHida Furukawa
III. Tokyo • Nakiryu & Kagari • Akihabara • Nippori Textile Town • Wadakura Fountain Park & Kokyo Gaien • Gundam Unicorn, Odaiba • National Art Centre (Kimi no Na wa. exhibition) • Nezu Museum 
IV. NagasakiPart I (Glover Garden, Old Chinese Quarter, Chinatown, Dejima) • Part II (Oura Cathedral, 26 Martyrs Memorial & Museum, Atomic Bomb Museum, Hypocentre Park, Nyokodo, Sanno Shrine)
V. Osaka • Atelier to naniIRO • Junie Moon Osaka
VI. Awajishima • Yumesenkei Besso Amahara • Senzan Senkoji • Izanagi Jingu • Onokorojima Shrine • Sumoto Castle • Eshima • Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park (Nojima Fault) • O-naruto Bridge & Naruto Whirlpools • Akashi Kaikyo Bridge • Awaji beef & Awaji Burger
VII. Kobe • Kobe Luminarie 2017 • Port of Kobe Earthquake Memorial • Kitano Ijinkan

Japan in Spring with Cleo Makoto (BFF Trip #1)

May 2017, Cleo Makoto (Cupcake Curio)
I. TokyoAsakusa (Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu pilgrimage) • Seiko Museum & GinzaAkihabara & NakanoTsukiji MarketEnoshimaShinkawa, Tsukuda & Tsukishima (Sangatsu no Lion pilgrimage) • Sushi NakamuraLa PaixNishiazabu Taku 
II. Sakura in Hirosaki & Aomori • Auga Market & Aomori Gyosai Centre • Hirosaki Sakura Matsuri 2017 at Hirosaki Castle Park (Flying Witch pilgrimage)
III. Sakura in Hakodate, revisited • Hakodate Asaichi • Goryokaku Park
IV. Fuji Five Lakes, revisitedLake MotosuSubaru 5th Station & ShibazakuraChureito & Kawaguchiko
V. Osaka • Kuromon Market • Dotonbori • Harukas 300 • Snacks from the depato food basement
VI. Kobe • Bespoke spectacles at nackymade • Steak Land Kobe

[2016]

Japan in Autumn with Elizabeth Rose

November 2016, Elizabeth Rose (K07 Dolls)
I. Yokohama & the Miho Museum
IV: Fuji Five LakesPart 1: Bessho Sasa, revisited - Part 2: Fuji 5th Station, Motosuko & Koyodai - Part 3: Fujisansaku Park, Motosuko, Shojiko, Saiko, Kawaguchiko

Koh Samui with Momiji

June 2016, Momiji (Wabi-Sabi Dolls)

Golden Week in Hokkaido

May 2016, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
I. Sakura in Hakodate • Goryokaku • Hakodate Park • Bourou Noguchi Hakodate
II. Sakura in Sapporo • Moerenuma Park • Makomanai Park • Maruyama Park
III. Kyoto, Uji & Osaka • Fushimi Inari Taisha, revisited • Nomura Tailor Shijo • Gogyo Ramen • Byodo-in • Kani Douraku • Osaka Aquarium • Mandarake Osaka

Hong Kong with Momiji

March 2016, Momiji (Wabi-Sabi Dolls)
Easter in Hong Kong

[2015]

Fuji Five Lakes in Autumn

November 2015, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
I. Yamanaka-ko • Amiyaki Hana • Lake Yamanaka • Kaneyama-en Bessho Sasa • Garden at Hotel Kaneyama-en • Kaneyama Falls
II. Kawaguchi-ko • Robatayaki at Sanrokuen • Lake Kawaguchi • Momiji Kairou • Kawaguchiko Momiji Festival • Fujiyoshida Sengen Shrine • Fuji Onsenji Yumedono 

A Japanese Summer with Yui Jamie

July 2015, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
Yui Jamie's Japanese Summer: Kamikochi, Matsumoto Castle, Himeji Castle, Kyoto (Gion Matsuri), Tokyo
Food Diaries #14. Tokyo Ramen Spots: Kagari, Tsuta, Ivan, Kikanbou, Saikoro
Food Diaries #15. Mishima-tei, Kyoto
Food Diaries #16. Steakhouse Satou, Tokyo
Food Diaries #17. Gyu-an, Tokyo

[2014]

Japan with Shion Brier (Otaku Trio Trip #1)

December 2014, Shion Brier (Cupcake Curio)
I. Kyoto, Uji & Nara • Nishiki Market, Teramachi, Shijo • Ujigami Shrine • Byodoin • Kanbayashi • Nakamura Tokichi Cafe • Pâtisserie Yuji • Hanayashiki Ukifune-en • Steakhouse Hanayashiki • Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri • Kasuga Taisha • Kofuku-ji • Todai-ji 
II. Enryakuji, Hiroshima & Itsukushima • Hieizan Enryakuji • Hiyoshi Taisha (Sakamoto) • Itsukushima Shrine (Miyajima Shrine) • Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki at Sakura Maru • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park • Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome • Children's Peace Monument 
III. Kyoto & Tokyo • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Ramen Fuunji • Harajuku & Omotesando (Kiddy Land!) • Artnia Cafe • Ginza Hakihinkan Toy Park • Sapporo Lion Beer Hall (Ginza) • Tsukiji Market • Akihabara • Nakano Broadway • Lobster tsukemen at Yondaime Keisuke 
IV. Mt Fuji & Kamakura • Fuji Onsenji Yumedono • Kachi Kachi Ropeway & Mt Tenjo • Houtou noodles at Kosaku • Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine & the Chureito Pagoda • Tsurugaoka Machiman-gu • Kotoku-in & the Kamakura Daibutsu • Kaikozan Jishoin Hasedera 
V. Tokyo & Enoshima • Meiji Shrine • Sensoji • Tokyo SkyTee • LeLe Junie Moon • Enoshima Shrine • Enoshima Aquarium • Teppanyaki An, XEX Tokyo • Hamarikyu • Seryna Ginza-ten • Tokyo National Museum • Yakiniku Bar Heijouan

London & Cambridge with Yui Jamie

November 2014, Yui Jamie (Mariuka Dolls)
I. London • Burger & Lobster (Mayfair) • Gelupo (Piccadilly Circus) • The Delauney • Hyde Park • Dinner by Heston • Victoria & Albert Museum, revisited 
II. CambridgeCambridge Chop House • The Orchard at Grantchester • Wolfson College • Oak Bistro • Central Cambridge • Punting on the River Cam • Auntie's Tea Shop • Cotto • Saint John's College • Selwyn College • Jamie's Italian • Downing College

An English Summer with Danbo

July 2014, Danboard Mini (Kaiyodo Revoltech)
I. London • London Eye • Dinner by Heston • Victoria & Albert Museum • Jamie Oliver's Fifteen • St Paul's Cathedral • Hyde Park • The Royal Courts of Justice • The UK Supreme Court • Westminster Abbey • Houses of Parliament • Trafalgar Square • National Gallery • Burger & Lobster (Knightsbridge) • Tower Bridge • Clockmaker's Museum, Guildhall • Four Seasons' Roast Duck • The British Museum • Zucca • Bar-hopping: The Hide & The Underdog • Pearl Liang 
II. Windsor • The Long Walk at Windsor Castle • River Thames • Market Cross House • Queen Anne's Court 
III. Oxford • Turl Street Kitchen • Bridge of Sighs • Bodleian Libraries • Christ Church • St Edmund Hall • Browns Brasserie & Bar • Quod Restaurant & Bar • Tapas at Al Andalus 
IV. Cambridge • Wolfson College • Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site • Queen's College • Corpus Christi • King's College • Trinity College • Trinity Hall • Clare Bridge • Trinity Bridge • Midsummer House

[2013]

Summer in Hokkaido

July-August 2013, Hinata Cinnamon
I. Shiretoko National Park • Shiretoko Peninsula (Furepe Falls, Kamuiwakkayu Falls, Io Falls, Kashuni Falls) • Oshinkoshin Falls • Shiretoko Five Lakes • Ryoshi no Mise Kaniya • Shiretoko Satoaji
II. Akan National Park • Kami-no-ko-ike • Ainu Kotan • Lake Akan • Marimo Exhibition and Observation Centre • Lake Mashu • Lake Kussharo • Koshimizu Gensei Kaen • Lake Onneto
III. Kushiro Shitsugen National Park • Kushiro Wetlands • Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve • Robata Renga, Kushiro City
IV. Furano & Biei • Ramen Houryu • Farm Tomita • Ningle Terrace • Teppanyaki Masaya • Kanno Farm • Shirogane Aoiike • Zerubu-no-Oka
V. Asahikawa, Otaru & Hokuryu • Asahikawa • Tenkin Honten • Otaru Sankaku Market • Masazushi Zenan • Otaru Canal • Himawari-no-Sato