Japan, we meet again!

We have been saving for a 2-week overseas travel for a while, and have been going through our travel wishlist non-stop, even creating budgets for a couple of them: checking hotel prices, flights, and so on! my travel budgets (and maps) are pretty much a work of art, ha! kidding… well… Daniel, my mom and auntie always tease me about how I should open a travel agency. Would you hire my services? *wink*

Destinations (outside Europe) like Australia and US are always on our top, but after postposing both until Daniel has more road experience (don’t think it super wise to be our third outing in a foreign country), a big thought went from my heart to my head: Japan, I need Japan.

The minute we started telling people that we were going back to Japan there were quite a few of eyes rolling, and a lots of “again?” The “let’s put new pins on my map” is definitely something I don’t share, is it truly better to only visit a place once, and then cross it from your life forever? It doesn’t make sense to me, specially when my previous experiences in Japan are something I cherish every minute. Is really a 2-3 week travel enough to be able to think you have seen all a country can offer? Don’t think so, we have been a total of 1 month in Japan already (with our two previous visits) and the list of interesting things left to see would fill pages. I really don’t judge at all, I totally get that some people get a rush of seeing new things all the time, but why it seems weird when you hold on to your love for a little longer?

Now, I am curious, which type of traveller are you?

Another question we get quite often is: are you visiting the same spots all over again? Well, the simple answer is no, while it’s not completely accurate. We are going to Tokyo & Osaka again, and will be visiting, of course Shibuya & Namba (to mention two fav districts from each of them), so yes? but we are mainly visiting new places even in Tokyo & Osaka, and even more for the rest of destinations. Check below our route!

Our route

Here are the main stops (a.k.a where we sleep) during our Japan travel:

• Tokyo
• Miyajima
• Osaka
• Koyasan
• Yunomine Onsen
• Tokyo

Are you excited for any of them specially? Let us know! We always try to balance the fun crazy urban Japan with rural quiet experiences.

There will be surprises to the route, from now you can follow all our Japan adventures through the Instagram stories, so stay tuned there for them! We’ll make sure to bring back lots of beautiful memories to share with you all in the blog. Do you have any special request? Would you like that we bring back the Japan goodies giveaway post?