We finalised the plans for our 21 day whirlwind shinkansen tour of Japan at our workaway in Busan. It took us two very stressful hours to work out the best way to navigate this elongated nation and see as much […]
Tokyo 2: Electric Boogaloo
Akihabara Our first taste of the futuristic side of Tokyo was the district of Akihabara. Known colloquially as Electric Town, Akihabara was originally an area full of shops selling white goods and electronics but it has since evolved into a […]
Finding Time to Relax
Qinhuangdao is the home city of one of my Sheffield friends, Chenhao. She has helped us plan our route through China when we were still in the UK and even now, using wechat, has been invaluable in answering our many […]