From Osaka to Kyoto, there are several travel options and the most convenient/ quickest will depend on where you are coming from in Osaka. If you have the JR Pass with unlimited train rides, from Shin-Osaka to Kyoto is a 15 minute train ride but you will need to make train changes from where you…
Month: February 2019
Best Fruit-filled Mochi in Osaka
At Hankyu Department Store’s Food Hall, there’s a fresh-fruit filled mochi called ISHINDO MOCHI. It features only in-season fruits as filling. It is so fresh with no preservatives that it is recommended to be eaten on the same day. If you will buy it for takeaway, they will provide you with mini ice packets to…
What to Do If You Fall From A Train Platform
… at least from this station…
Feed the Birds: George C. Reifel Sanctuary
Situated next to Westham Island’s flat marshlands and farms, the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Delta, British Columbia provides food and rest for millions of migrating birds. Originally, the farms and fishing communities in this area along the Fraser River were safeguarded with dikes. Other areas in further islands were not reinforced with dikes…
Snowshoeing on Grouse Mountain
Just a seventeen-minute drive from our downtown hotel, Grouse Mountain— the Peak of Vancouver— has grand nature trek possibilities throughout the four seasons. Heidi takes me on a snow trip, my first in over thirty years! Her annual pass affords us some lead over the holiday crowds… …plus half off for my entrance ticket and…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 