Author: akane

  • Japan day 3 – Osaka to Kyoto

    Japan day 3 – Osaka to Kyoto

    As wonderful as it felt to just be back in Japan, it felt even better to know we’d be back to Kyoto. Japan is a whole second home away from home, but Kyoto… Kyoto is my soul city. I’ll never forget the wonderfulness of riding a bike around Kyoto for the first time. It felt…

  • Japan day 1&2 – Osaka

    Japan day 1&2 – Osaka

    On the 12th day of our trip we flew from Busan to Osaka. We still strolled around in Busan for some hours until it was time to head to the airport, and I knew I would miss Busan. It really is a special place. Our flight to Osaka was about an hour long – it…

  • Day 9 – Busan

    Day 9 – Busan

    Gamcheon Culture Village was our stop for the day. The village started off during the Korean War. Refugees fled to the mountains and made it their home. Only in 2009 students, and artists and current residents made it colourful and a part of the Village Art Project. The place is absolutely unique, and attracts lots…

  • Korea day 8 – Busan

    Korea day 8 – Busan

    The eight day was totally a photo worthy day…unfortunately I barely took any photos! We had decided to go to the baseball game at the Sajik baseball stadium, home of the Lotte Giants. Now, we are not baseball game fans per say, because we never grew up with baseball around us (I don’t think there’s…

  • Korea day 7 – Busan

    Korea day 7 – Busan

    On our 7th day, our second day in Busan, we decided to go to the beach. Not the popular Busan beaches like Haeundae or Gwangalli, but to a closest one to us by bus, Songdo beach. The goal was not to *go to the beach* but to check the area and have the girls play…

  • Korea day 6 – Busan

    Korea day 6 – Busan

    On our sixth day in Korea we took the train to Busan. The trip took around four hours, and we were excited to visit a new side of Korea. We heard good things about Busan (meaning we watched a lot of videos that talked about Busan), namely the food. We arrived in the afternoon and…