Pachinko is a weird Japanese gaming machine used for amusement and gambling. Here I pull out the camera to give you an insight while walking around a Pachinko parlor yesterday. As you can hear, it’s extremely loud smokey and just dam right strange. What is Pachinko? Here’s a brief intro to Pachinko from Wikipedia: A
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Had fun exploring Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Shame is was raining and very cold!
Omusoba is Yakistoba noodles which consists of noodles, pork, cabbage and a sweet sticky sauce wrapped in a very thin egg omelet. I had this today for breakfast and it was so delicious! Wanna bite? :)
The following images were taken on a night out exploring the small back streets of Gion in Kyoto – The main area in Japan where Geisha, female Japanese entertainers, are based. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see any Geisha, but it was really interesting to walk around the little old style alley ways while wondering
It was time to leave Tokyo and head down south to Kyoto. I basically had 2 transport options, the over night bus which takes 8 hours for 4,000¥ ($45) or the Shinkansen (bullet train) which takes 2 hours for 13,000¥ ($145). It was a no brainer for me, as I’ve always wanted to travel on