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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Things to do in Osaka

Trish Burgess Posted on12/03/2020 Japan, Osaka, Things to do in Osaka Leave a Comment
Dotonbori River, Osaka

“Here’s the key to your room, number 1001.” “The carpet will be spotlessly clean then,” I whispered to Dougie, remembering the brand of stain remover I’ve got in the cupboard back home. Unfortunately, we...

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Mum’s Gone to Japan: Kobe

Trish Burgess Posted on19/02/202005/03/2020 Japan, Kobe, Things to do in Kobe 7 Comments
Kobe at night

After six nights in Tokyo and four nights in Hiroshima, our Rugby World Cup trip itinerary moved on to Kobe. Our team, Scotland, already bruised by their battering from Ireland in Yokohama, would be...

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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Miyajima Island

Trish Burgess Posted on11/02/202013/02/2020 Day trip from Hiroshima, Japan, Miyajima island, things to do on Miyajima island 8 Comments
Itsukushima shrine and pagoda, Miyajima

  If you’re looking for a day trip that involves as many forms of transport as possible, try this jaunt we took from Hiroshima to Miyajima island in Japan. We took a plane from...

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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Finding peace in Hiroshima

Trish Burgess Posted on16/01/202018/02/2020 Hiroshima, Japan, things to do in Hiroshima 10 Comments
Cenotaph in Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima

At 8.15 am on 6 August 1945, an atomic bomb, code-name ‘Little Boy’, was detonated above the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The explosion caused thousands of deaths on impact and thousands more in...

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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Things to do in Tokyo

Trish Burgess Posted on10/01/202016/01/2020 Japan, Things to do in Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo attractions 16 Comments
Benten-do temple, Ueno Park, Tokyo

A bucket list trip? Yes. A retirement present from my husband to himself? Absolutely. This was always going to be the trip of a lifetime. A holiday in Japan coinciding with the 2019 Rugby...

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10 reasons to love Japan

Trish Burgess Posted on25/11/201906/02/2020 10 best things about Japan, 2020 Olympics, Japan, Rugby World Cup 10 Comments
Japanese umbrellas

After nearly a month in Japan, following the Scotland team as they played the pool matches in the Rugby World Cup, it’s fair to say Dougie and I are completely smitten with the country....

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A visitor’s guide to toilets in Japan

Trish Burgess Posted on18/11/201919/11/2019 Japan, japanese toilets, TOTO washlet 4 Comments
Toilet signs in Japan

Top of my Christmas list this year is a TOTO Washlet. No, it’s not a flannel for Dorothy’s little dog but a high-tech Japanese toilet. The all-singing, all-dancing lavatories we discovered in Japan were...

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A tale of Typhoon Hagibis and the Rugby World Cup

Trish Burgess Posted on15/11/201910/01/2020 Japan, Rugby World Cup, Scotland Rugby, Typhoon Hagibis 8 Comments
Japanese and Scottish rugby supporters, Shizuoka

It’s Saturday 12 October 2019. We’re in Tokyo waiting for Typhoon Hagibis to hit the mainland of Japan. The advice is to stay indoors so we’re sitting in our room, on the 22nd floor...

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