Okay, so I went to watch Lion King at Singapore, and had a free day after that, so me being me, and the fact that I haven't visited Singapore for 5-6 years made it like super short trip. My cousins and I decided to go around Bugis and Haji Lane. We took several pictures and just strolling around until late night. It was quite fun, and I hope I can do it again soon!

Hello again sweetheart (^⌣^)ʃ

I've been wanting to explore Kyushuu area ever since forever, and I got the chance right after graduation. My parents and I planned a trip to Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Yufuin. I actually wanted to go to Fukuoka and more places near Nagasaki, but since my parents have another schedule right after our trip, I just packed all of it into 1 week vacation.

Why Hiroshima-Nagasaki?

Because of my dad influence, I always feel I have to learn something new whenever I travel. It can be everything like the local culture, history, the art performance, festival, anything! And this time, both my dad and I felt like visiting the memorial of world first atomic bombing to actually remind us the effect of war and well, it's part of my country's history too.....

► HIROSHIMA ◀

We went to Miyajima Island first thing in the morning. A bad move when the tide will go down in the afternoon to evening, but it's still beautiful nonetheless... We need to cross to the island with ferry, but it's cheap. The island itself is quite big and there are more than just the floating torii.. As we don't have a lot of time (as we kept stopping every 5 minutes to take pictures), we only go around the the Itsukushima Shrine, the torii, and the five-floored pagoda.

After Miyajima Island, we went to Atomic Bombing Memorial Dome. The feeling when you saw a picture of the A-Bombing Dome and actually going there is so different. There're the victim memorial hall and museum, and students project wishing for world peace. They also have local tour guide to explain about the historical stories behind this dome.

There's also a bridge near Hiroshima station (and it's literally beside our hotel) and it's a nice place to take picture too..

► NAGASAKI ◀ 

As for Nagasaki, we decided to stay a bit longer here due to a lot of tourist attraction and nearby amusement park, Huis ten Bosch. You can see there are influnces from chinese and western countries in Nagasaki as they have a lot of chinese temple and church. Even the atmosphere is not like in Japan. When I was there, there's no international tourist on my sight, or maybe it's just my bad timing. But I really love the place.

Some places I visited in Nagasaki:

 ● Oura Church

 ● Clover Garden (literally beside Oura Church)

 ● Nagasaki Peace Park

 ● Sofukuji Temple

 ● Chinatown

 ● Urakami Cathedral

After walking around the city, we decided to go to Huis ten Bosch, an amusement park located in between Fukuoka and Nagasaki. It was beautiful, every corner can be snapped and put into your social media. And according to mom, it's not as childish as disneyland, so she was happy when I brought her here. Her reason was the tulip flower. We enjoyed our time here, but the weather was against us that day. ^^a the wind was horrible and it's really cold. Maybe a trip around May or June would be better.

Could you see? Our pictures had to be taken several times due to the wind... and when you're travel alone with your parents, you just can't expect your picture would turn out all good, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's weird. Everytime I took pictures, the wind blows, and in the end I had to put on my sunglasses just to make everything a bit better...

 ► YUFUIN, OITA ◀

After Nagasaki, we went our way across Kyushuu and found ourself in a small onsen town with the-oh-so-cute small shop along the main street. It was quite far from the big city and the train was not as frequent as in Oita. Most of the visitor are from Japan and Korea, as it's not main destination for most countries. But let's give this cute town a bit of exposure. 

If you're a fan of Ghibli, or if you love cute places, cute food, cute shops, and onsen, you definitely have to come here.

I can't recommend specific shop or food, or in better words, you have to try every food they sell since everything looked good...... and our trip was ended in Yufuin. It was hard to leave the place, but I'm sure I will go back again.... and I'll see you again in next post ;)

pssttt............ tell me which one is your favorite place or if it's in your wishlist bucket.. or if you have question or if you want some tips and trick for your trip to Japan ;)

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See you again sweetheart!

How're you guys doing? So far so good?

Mine is not as good, the stress from the school projects starts to tire me out. I've been feeling so sleepy lately and don't have much energy to be as cheerful as before. I need a short escape... ƪ( ● ▿▿▿▿ ● )ʃ

Speaking of short escape, last month I went to Osaka to fulfill my dream of Harry Potter world in USJ. I finally got a taste of Butterbear and got a taste of the wizard world. If you don't want to waste your time in the line, you have to buy express ticket to Harry Potter world (can be used for 2 attraction).

If you're going to Japan with tour group, your USJ ticket should have been included inside the package, but if you're going by yourself, I recommend you to go to japanese local tour company (usually can be found in the station or some department store). They will give you the best deal ever! The package is included 3-4 star hotel, round trip shinkansen tickets, and the USJ ticket (if you want to buy express ticket, you can buy from them too).

It was in Halloween season when I go so the theme park was actually being decorated in Halloween theme. Not to mention they open seasonal haunted houses and after the sun set, the staff were going around the park in zombie and other halloween characters' costume. They actually chase the visitor.. It was so fun. Please note the season when you're visiting! Around december, all the theme park will be decorated in christmas theme, so don't miss it!

It was such a short trip because I only have several day off before school started again. After spending the first day inside the theme park, I spent the second day around Dotonbori area to fulfill my friend's dream of tasting okonomiyaki and takoyaki in Osaka. :D After Dotonbori we went to Gudetama Cafe, but it will be written in other post, so wait for it! :) In the evening we went back to Tokyo with shinkansen again... 

Before I say goodbye, let's see the highlight of the tour...

Our Hotel ♡

We got Sheraton hotel in our tour package. The room was quite big and comfortable! So did the bathroom... After two years living in Japan, finally I can get to rest my body in the bathtub and having a relaxing bath...

Food ♡

Basically we only eat this takoyaki and okonomiyaki before we went back to Tokyo ^^a we didn't eat a lot, so these food actually satisfied our tummy for the day.

 

That's for my short gateaway to Osaka! More outfit post I took in USJ will also be written in separate post! :) See you again soon!

xoxo

Anastasia

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