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Oslo

The walking tour along the river in Oslo

[ May 2019 ] One of the benefits of Oslo Pass we bought in Oslo, Norway was that we could join the walking tours free of charge. We joined ‘the river walk’ started at 2…

Oslo

‘Old Town’ of Oslo in the museum

[ May 2019 ] The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History is an open air museum which is better than many of the similar museums around the world with the indoor exhibitions as well as open…

Oslo

Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Oslo

There are 5 museums in Bygdøy, the peninsula in the west of the centre of Oslo city in Norway. We went to one of them, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. It is an open…

Oslo

To Bygdøy Peninsula Using Oslo Pass

[ May 2019 ] We had a very short holiday in Oslo, staying only two nights, so we moved energetically. To do that, we bought a card called an Oslo Pass. This allowed us to…

Oslo

Opera in Oslo

[ May 2019 ] A friend of mine had told me that the opera house in Oslo is worth a look, so before going there we booked tickets for a performance. Everything in Norway is…

Oslo

To Oslo

[ May 2019 ] We went to Oslo in Norway for the first time during the Spring Bank Holiday towards the end of May. Oslo was one of the remaining capital cities we had never…

Tokyo

Eat, Drink and Sleep in Tokyo

[ May, 2019 ] A friend of ours took us around Tokyo to eat and drink on a very sunny day in May. First, we went to the relatively new building, which contains shops, restaurants,…

Tokyo

Celebrate My Mum’s Birthday in Tokyo

[ May 2019 ] My mother had her birthday while we were there in Japan this time. It was a rare occasion that we were with her on the day, so we celebrated all together….

Tokyo

Kabuki, For The First Time In My Life

[ May 2019 ] During our stay in Japan this time, we saw Kabuki at Kabuki-za theatre in Ginza in Tokyo for the first time in our lives. As a Japanese person, it is strange…