Ghibli museum is an amazing, whimsical place and if you’re a Ghibli fan you will find it hard to contain your excitement! Ghibli studio has produced some of the most iconic Japanese movies, including My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service. The executive director of the museum and…
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One thing I love about Japan is that each region has its own cuisine and speciality foods. Nagano is known for its apples, Kobe for Kobe beef, Matcha in Kyoto, Milk in Hokkaido, Takoyaki in Osaka and Tokyo banana in Tokyo! We didn’t fully appreciate this on our first couple of trips, but now, we…
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We do not claim to be a skiing family or experts of any sort! This post if for families like us that want to check out Japan and spend some time in the snow while they are there. Here are our suggestions for planning and organising your trip. Decide which ski field to visit This…
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Winter time in Japan is truly magical, seeing the countryside covered in a layer of soft fresh snow makes it especially beautiful. If you are dreaming of a White Christmas in Japan you will certainly get the white, but perhaps not the Christmas. Christmas is not really celebrated in Japan. You will hear Christmas music…
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Japan is the home of Pokémon, so with three boys that are Pokémon fans, there is no way we can escape from checking out everything Pokémon on our trips! Pokémon, short for Pocket Monsters, was first released as a game for Gameboy by Nintendo in 1996 and now, with Pokémon card games, anime TV series,…
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Japan has some of the most amazing food and that includes awesome fun foods for kids, and the kid at heart! Try some of these ideas and enjoy the yummy, cute and sweet side of Japanese foods. Rainbow Fairy Floss This fairy floss has to be seen to be believed! The kids were so excited…
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Japan is known for its amazing food. If you’re a foodie then you just must travel to Japan! Japan’s food is fresh, always well presented and oishii (delicious). After our last trip we were all craving Japanese food when we came home. Just thinking about it makes me want to go back! For families with…
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The kids have had their turn to say what they enjoyed in Japan, now it’s our turn! Some of the activities we have chosen in our list are because we enjoyed them, some because the kids enjoyed them and some were great family experiences. Family travel has definitely brought us all closer together. Shared experiences…
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We asked our boys what they would recommend other kids do if they went to Japan. There was lots of discussion between them, however, this is what they enjoyed the most and think that other kids will enjoy too. Disneyland and DisneySea Tokyo boasts Disneyland and the only DisneySea in the world! These are separate…
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