Traditional ceremony
Our friend said “How about going to the Kanda Shrine and drink Amazake (sweet beverage made from fermented rice or sake lees)?”, so we went there. I have known the name of…
Miranda Loves Travelling - My Travel Diary - Page 247
Nikolai-do
We visited Nikolai-do, an Orthodox church in Ochanomizu in Tokyo for the first time. The official name is Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral. At the entrance there was a woman who gave the pure…
Madness of Ameya Yokocho
I cannot remember when was the last time I went to Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo. On this day of the end of December, this street was extremely crowded because many people…
Historical restaurant
We went back to Japan over Christmas and New Year period again. This time our friend took us to an interesting restaurant. It is an old place with the atmosphere of somewhere…
Winter Wonderland
I went to Winter Wonderland, an event which was held in Hyde Park, the famous park in London. I was oblivious on this event, but apparently it was already the 7th year…
A historic pub
We went to an old pub in London with our friends. The name is “Dove” and it is situated on River Thames. Apparently this pub has been there since 17th century and…
Gorgeous university
On the last day of our holiday in Portugal, we finally managed to get to the old university in Coimbra. It is broadly accepted that this university was founded on the 1…
Fado, unexpectedly
In the evening when we came back from Monsanto village to Coimbra in Portugal, we went to a restaurant called A Conzinha da Maria. Does it mean ‘Maria’s kitchen’ perhaps? We just…
A big hotel
After coming back from Monsanto to Coimbra in Portugal, we stayed in a 4 star hotel called Vila Gale. It was a big hotel where an international conference was being held. This…
