The Backpack Adventures

Day 1 May 17, 2018 Cup Noodles Museum and Osaka Castle Good morning, my dear readers! Good morning from Osaka, Japan! This is it! It's officially our first full day in Japan . My Japanese godfather - Mr. Toshi told me that it is still spring season this month. Sadly though, the sakura blossom season was already over when we arrived.  Regardless, it is not only the sakura tree that blossoms during spring. That's why I made sure that my first agenda on my first day in Japan is to stroll around the neighborhood and take pictures of the flowers that bloom there.   A morning stroll around Tsubasagaokakita in Kumatori Here are some of the flower photographs that I took around the neighborhood: When I got back home, we were told that we'd be going out. Because we knew how our Japanese family is, we were already prepared the moment we woke up. It only took us a few minutes to finalize what we need to bring and true enough, it only took several minutes before w

Introduction It has been almost half a decade since we last visited Japan . This year, we are blessed to be given another chance to revisit this beautiful country and stay there for 22 days . Join me and my family as we recount the daily accounts of our trips and adventures to the Land of the Rising Sun . Day 0 May 16, 2018 Arrival Finally! Our long-awaited day has come. Our four years of planning and saving up finally bore fruit. It is probably safe to say that we missed the culture, food, and most of all our Japanese family.  Team Nicerio heads to Japan for the 2nd time Ready for boarding, 5J828 bound to KIX! Boarding time! Yey! We left Manila aboard Cebu Pacific flight 5J828 bound for Kansai International Airport (KIX) at around 2PM Philippine time. Since our flight was delayed for almost an hour we arrived in KIX at around 7:30PM Japan time. For those who do not know, Japan's time is one hour ahead of Philippine time. Afternoon sky over Japan We were pic

Located in the municipality of Gabaldon in Nueva Ecija, Stone 8 Resort is one of the most popular cold spring resorts in the municipality.  Stone 8 Resort Stone 8 Resort History Stone 8 Resort started out several years ago when its owner Nestor Geronimo decided to come back to his hometown and invest his time, money, and energy to help boost his town's tourism. Since then, the resort has been frequented not only by the people of Gabaldon but also even those that come from Metro Manila. Stone 8 Resort - Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija One of the many slides in the public area The slide in the private area I spy a dinosaur... Witness the final moments of these kids Regarding the name of the resort, Stone 8 Resort got its name from "Kapitan" Nestor who was once a barangay captain of Barangay 88 Zone 8 Caloocan City. As for the "stone" part of its name, it came from... well, the place is very "stony". Meaning, there are plenty of rocks i