Category: Travel
![Kinosaki Onsen Town](https://basementvandals.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_2159_edited-1800x1200.jpg)
Updated on January 26, 2019
Things to Do in Northern Kansai, Japan (Amanohashidate, Kinosaki Onsen & More!)
We throng the streets of Japan for its cherry blossoms in spring, its bright vermilion torii gates, and its technicolour cities – however, there is much that has yet to be uncovered in the vast and culturally complex country that …
![Meiji Jingu Shrine](https://basementvandals.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_0212_edited-1800x1200.jpg)
Updated on December 24, 2018
Tokyo in 45
Finally got the last of my photos out from my Toyko 2017 trip. Here’s Tokyo in 45 photos.
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Updated on December 24, 2018
Will You Hanami With Me? Cherry Blossom Viewing in Ueno Park, Tokyo
I travelled to Tokyo at the rear end of Spring in late April and I was pretty bummed because most of the cherry blossom forecasts indicated that I already missed the bloom in Tokyo. I decided to try my …
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Updated on December 24, 2018
Cat Café MoCHA Harajuku (猫カフェ MOCHA 原宿店)
I love cats (in case that wasn’t obvious enough) so when I was in Japan I had to visit a cat café. I didn’t really know which cat café to visit (there are so many!) but Cat Café …
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Updated on December 24, 2018
Kimi No Na Wa. (Your Name.) Tokyo Locations
I had every intention to do an entire post on my trip to Tokyo last April (like what I did for my trip to Hanoi, Vietnam), but seeing as a year has elapsed and I have a few …
![Things to do in Hanoi, Vietnam](https://basementvandals.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hanoi-feature-image.jpg)
Updated on March 6, 2017
3 Days in Vietnam: Things To Do In Hanoi
Back in June 2016, a series of mental breakdowns and overall done-ness with life prompted me to take an impromptu solo trip to Hanoi, Vietnam. I booked my flight tickets off AirAsia for 2 weeks later (though at …