Japan travel tips 7/5/2015 Harajuku,Ikuchijima Island&Geisha

Islands can quickly lose their charm when they become attached to land masses. This, mercifully, has not happened to Ikuchijima Island in Japan’s Geiyo archipelago, a cluster of islets in the Seto Inland Sea that, despite its two connecting bridges, feels defiantly detached.

Kanazawa sights and attractions are well spread out and we used buses to take us around everywhere – well worth the money and believe me when I say the buses are regular and pretty much on time. We visited the Higashi Chaya District to better appreciate the Geisha world.

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Where I come from (sunny Singapore), it’s summer all year round, and so even if it’s hot and humid in the hawker center, we don’t think twice about ordering a steaming hot bowl of spicy noodles in soup – and likewise it doesn’t come to mind to order something cold to eat.

The graceful image of geisha is strongly associated with green tea and petite cups of sake, but in the hot summer months of Kyoto even geisha like an icy cold beer.