Decided to build the second Totoro papercraft I bought while in Japan this time, the Kusakabe sisters and the Cat Bus. I actually wanted to buy two other Totoro ones - one with the famous bus stop scene when Satsuki first meets Totoro and also the one when the family was moving into their new home. Unfortunately space is limited so I had to...
Almost built all the Ghibli Sankei papercraft models I bought from my first trip to Japan now. Last time I built the inside of the bakery from Kiki's Delivery Service. This time it was going to be the outside. So first off, we're going to be building the biggest object the bakery building first. Seems easy enough with these large pieces...
Don't know this was a good or bad thing but, saw limited edition steelbook copies of Spirited Away and Laputa on my Twitter timeline and thought I'd splurge out to get them both. Always wanted to own some of my favourite Ghibli movies on blu-ray. I think the designer did a good job of the front covers on these Zavvi exclusives because they...
Been a while since I last built a Ghibli Minituart papercraft. This time, I'll be tackling a one star Laputa one model number 19 so it should be quicker. Then again, the first Totoro one was a one star but it still took many hours to put together so wasn't expecting this to be any easier although it did look simpler. There are quite a few...
So today was the day we fly back to UK but, we still had a morning free before heading off to the airport - well, whole afternoon really but didn't want to join the rush hour trains carrying luggage... These were the manned stations you have to go through instead of the regular gates if you want to use your JR Pass. Thing is, not all exits have...
The new hotel was quite far away from the city this time in Kamata (around 30 mins train from Tokyo) but, I chose it because it was very close to Shinagawa Station where the Narita Express stops to go to the airport....
去購物及休息了一日之後我們再次環遊日本的觀光點. 雖然我是日本動遊迷但因小時候看了許多關於日本的文化及旅遊節目我對日本的文化也有興趣. 所以我決定去鄉村看看. 本來想去郡上八幡因為許多人說白川鄉似拍劇的建築多. 裏面只是店舖. 但因列爲世界遺産所以決定去. 而且附近有飛驒, 古川. 有時間可到那裡看看. 一早7點坐第一班往高山的Hida Wide View火車出發. 這火車可用JR Pass但要訂位. 第一班沒綠色頭等位, 多外國遊客, 很吵... 本地日本人一定不喜歡 ^^; 由名古屋火車是2.5小時, 巴士1.5但火車多景看. 白川鄉沒許多巴士出入所...
Our destination today was Kyoto because we wanted to see the more traditional side of Japan. Tokyo wasn't always the capital. It's a tradition for wherever the emperor dwells to become the capital and before Tokyo, it was Kyoto. Kyoto was the second capital of Japan between 794 - 1868 before Tokyo. Early morning - well, not really...
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