The Backpack Adventures

Day 2 December 20, 2019 Exploring Kyoto 1 A pleasant morning from Kyoto City! I woke up quite early today because I have to go to Kyoto Station to pick up my sister who's traveling from Nagoya City to Kyoto City to join us for our adventures.  It's Aya's first time to ride a Shinkansen! Welcome to Kyoto Aya! Bought our Kyoto City Bus One-Day Pass We had our breakfast before heading out to our first destination. When she arrived, we headed to the bus terminal area to avail of the Kyoto City Bus and Kyoto Bus one-day Pass (Y600 Adults, Y300 kids) for our family's adventure today. However, before that, we first headed back to our Air BnB residence to eat breakfast and prepare our things for the said adventure today.  We rode the bus to Nijo Castle . Arrived at Nijo Castle's main entrance Nijo Castle Ella at Nijo Castle grounds Team Nicerio exploring Nijo Castle grounds We tried the ice cream at Green Style Cafe inside Nijo Castle grounds. We left our residenc

Introduction It was just last 2018 when we last visited Japan. In just a year, we were blessed to be given another opportunity to revisit the Land of the Rising Sun. Finally! Everyone's ready! Ella will revisit Japan for the 3rd time. For this visit, we'll be staying in Japan for only 7 days. Hence, this would be the shortest Japan Diaries series so far. However, unlike the first two series, this one became extra special as my parents and siblings would be part of it. This would also mark our first travel abroad as a family -something that I have long waited for in my 3 decades of life. So, please join me and my family as we recount the daily accounts of our trips and adventures in this awesome country that I call my second home - Japan .  Day 0   Dec. 18, 2019 Arrival It's my parents' and brother's first time in Japan .  Off to Osaka! This international family trip was actually planned a long time ago. However, due to a lot of facto