Aaron Chong

I had a restful night at Jimyoin after a long trip coming all the way from Uji and Horyuji from the previous day... read all

After a fun day out with my friend at Uji, it was time to continue using the JR Kansai Wide Pass... read all

After arriving into Kyoto station, I made my way to another platform to board a local train to Uji... read all

The Horanenya Festival of Matsue was already over and it was time to enter the Kansai Region from Tottori for some sightseeing before returning home... read all

The final day in the San'in Region had come and it was time to visit Tottori Prefecture... read all

It was finally time for the last day of the Horanenya festival in Matsu... read all

Another day had come in Yamaguchi Prefecture and it was now time to know the samurai town of Hagi more intimately... read all

It have finally arrived at Yamaguchi Prefecture for the first time and it is time for some sightseeing and discover... read all

This was the prefect time to whip out my second Sanin-Okayama Pass and use it to discover a new prefecture, Yamaguchi... read all

After a wonderful day trip to the Oki Islands, it's time to continue with the Horaenya festivities with its second day called Chunichisai... read all

Good morning from Oki Islands, an archipelago off the coast of the San'in region... read all

It's time to unleash my inner otaku and enter the manga world of Tottori Prefecture... read all

After the fantastic start of the Horanenya festival yesterday, good weather had come... read all

The time has come to see the first day of the Matsue Horanenya festival... read all

This time I'm in the mood of sharing with you all my first trip to the San'in region... read all

It is Day 6 of our hanami trip in the Tohoku region and it is time to say goodbye to this not-so-touristy part of Japan and return to the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo... read all

It is now our fifth day of our quest to experience some of the best sakura spots in the Tohoku region. Yesterday, Alan and I were just in time to see the full bloom... read all

It is Day 4 of our hanami trip and we are now in Morioka, the capital city of Iwate prefecture... read all

No trip to Sendai will complete without a visit to Matsushima, one of the three great views of Japan... read all

Day 2 of hanami in Japan saw Alan and I racing all the way to the famed Hirosaki Castle Park from Sendai before the Somei Yoshino there disappear... read all

The hanami season in Japan is about to start soon and I'm in the mood to share with you all my first hand experience hunting... read all

My final day in Hokkaido has come and it was time to bid the prefecture farewell as I was scheduled to head back to the airport... read all

It is now my second last day in Hokkaido and I have one more tourist attraction to visit before I fly home tomorrow... read all

My time in Hokkaido was about to come to a close as Day 12 had arrive. In the last two days of this trip, I used Asahikawa... read all

Day 11 in Hokkaido had finally come and it was time to bid farewell to my wonderful hosts at Minshuku Kaido... read all

It was Day 10 in Hokkaido and I woke up feeling refreshed and ready for some serious action... read all

It's Day 9 in Hokkaido and I found myself waking up in the sleepy northern town of Wakkanai... read all

One week had passed in Hokkaido and it was now time to continue on with the second week of the trip... read all

It was the third day on the Shiretoko Peninsula and it was time for an epic whale watching cruise in Rausu... read all

Day 2 in Shiretoko had come and I started the morning with a wonderful breakfast at Kiraku before I headed off to Utoro port to join the bear watching cruise... read all

Day 5 in Hokkaido had finally arrived and it was time to head out to explore the wilderness of Hokkaido's one and only UNESCO world heritage site, Shiretoko... read all

On this day, I bade farewell to Sapporo to explore the wilderness of Eastern Hokkaido, making use of the last day of my Hokkaido 3-Day Rail Pass... read all

My second day in Sapporo has come and once again the weather was just as gorgeous as the day before... read all

A new morning has come and I'm about to begin my first full day in Hokkaido. Despite forecasts of cloudy weather throughout the day... read all

This time, I'm going to write about my recent two-week trip to Hokkaido, where I'll be making a big round around the island prefecture by train... read all