#goldenweek

Seven Tiny Poems

Golden Week is probably the most awaited time in Japan for a week-long vacation. Sharing here the summary of my GW trip!

Some koinobori, or carp swimming in the air. Amazing creatures, these air carp!

The final day in Izu. First we ate a typical Minshuku (B&B) Japanese breakfast. After this we took a drive up to Ose shrine, before our boat arrived in the afternoon. There's some of the lovely scenery

The fourth day (May second) finally turned sunny! Izu looks great in the sun! The first place we went to today were the terraced rice paddies near Matsuzaki, very beautiful. After this we went to Kumomi

The first of May 2019 is the first day of the new era in Japan called Reiwa. More importantly, it finally stopped raining today! Theres a zoo near Matsuzaki, it features monkeys. Its quite expensive at

Today (30th April) was raining all day. But there was still a lot we could do. We stayed around Matsuzaki today, going to temples, an old western style school and an old abandoned hotel, which was actually

The weather was against us this Golden Week in Japan. We went to Izu Peninsula for 5 days. Ill split the trip up into days...So, day 1: We went by ferry from Shimizu to Toi. It took an hour and was pretty