So a bunch of little things happened since my last post. I spent the entire month of November in South Korea and Japan. Here is a nice picture I took:
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| The golden temple of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto |
It was an eye-open trip. A few cities I visited include Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Fukuoka and Kagoshima. Japan especially was very insane, after travelling to 15+ countries I don't think I had ever seen something like that. Their culture, their food, not even counting their language (of course) are completely different to what the rest of the world has to offer, and that's what makes it so unique.
Also, any anime fan should at least once in their lifetime come to Japan.
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| Dabura transformed into a cookie by Majin Buu |
Transportation is also unbelievable. We got around the whole country by getting a JR-Pass for about $500 for two weeks. It seemed expensive at the beginning but if you really plan it ahead, it's well worth it. We were taking at least one train every two days, but since its speed is about 400 km/h you can just go to Hiroshima from Osaka in a few hours, making it a nice day trip. Even if you are in the southern island, you'll be able to reach Tokyo in no more than 5 or 6 hours, which is crazy.
Tokyo must have the best train system in the world, no matter where you are staying, any place is reachable.
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| Shinkansen to Hiroshima |
On the culinary side: Sushi, ramen and rice bowls domain, I'm not sure if that's the right order. I was just amazed by all these, specially sushi. The one sushi place I'll always go back to is: Gansozushi in Akihabara. If you happen to be walking around that obligatory geek neighborhood, you gotta go Gansozuhi -- a small but effective place with the freshest fish I've ever eaten. Almost everything comes with rice, I would compare it to bread in Italian restaurants. And ramen is just amazing. I gotta say, after three weeks of being there, the food becomes a little monotonous so make sure you flip between one and another -- meat options are expensive and veggies barely exist in the island :)
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| Ramen |
I'll probably need to make a couple more posts about this amazing trip I just had. Seoul was also a very nice experience. I'm also still working on my new website to start uploading animations and sketches once again, I've had a few design changes but everything is coming together. Will keep updating! Til next time.
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