At first glance, Shinjuku the biggest district of Tokyo matched perfectly with the image I had from this city where more than 13 millions of people live: a forest of skyscrapers, wide boulevards with bright billboards... But after exploring it a little bit deeper, I realised that it was not just about neon lights, busy streets and modernity. The atmosphere is radically different between the crowded avenues and the tiny lanes of Golden Gai, between the park of Gyoen and the strip clubs of Kabukicho, between day and night. Here are a few ideas of what to do in Shinjuku, the most contrasted area of Tokyo!
The movie Lost in Translation is one of my favourites, but it became even more special for me when I re-watched it after travelling in Japan. It reminded my last melancholic day in Tokyo, of which here is the story!
A giant red torii emerging from the water, a beautiful temple and a tall pagoda, wooded hills overlooking the bay: that’s the extraordinary view awaiting visitors taking the ferry to Miyajima, a little island close to Hiroshima. Here's the story of the day I spent there, one of my best memories of Japan!
It would take a lifetime to explore the more than 1600 temples of Kyoto, the former capital of Japan which still remains today the spiritual and cultural centre of the country. Here's a selection of 9 of them that I particularly liked and that should be part of your itinerary if you're visiting this wonderful city!
