A little trip to Kyoto new discoveries Part 1 京都 ♡

This summer was the first time to actually get a decent chunk of summer holiday included with my new job, so me and Craig decided to travel upto Kyoto & Nara (his first time). This area of Japan is incredible, possibly my favourite place in the world, not only is the spirit so reviving and the nature so beautiful, but being a vegan in japan the food is just amazing!!!! We decided to go to some places I didn't go to last time and spent most of the time exploring unknown neighbourhoods through walking - even though it was a brutal 38 degrees most days (Tokyo feels positively cool now!)

 Matcha tea and insanely delicious sweets are everywhere and there are an abundance of all vegan restaurants offering such unique and delicious japanese grub, Here`s a little snapshot of some of my favourite places & nom`s! (more to come!)

Iced sweet matcha and Kinako Dango ♡

 Amazing skies and views at sunset from Kiyomizu-dera 

Vegan japanese traditional lunch set (with yuba rice)  - Yuba is one of my favourite Japanese foods - its like a kind of skin made from the excess of tofu and super yummy!

Hope everyones having a lovely summer! Lots of love! x x x

Hiroshima Deer heaven in Miyajima forest ♡ 宮島天国 - 鹿や山に逃げます

In Golden Week we took our first trip together since living in Japan to the other side of the island and the magical Hiroshima, it was completely the opposite of Tokyo and everything I dream`t of and more, it was so calm and beautiful and felt amazing to be completely in nature. Hiroshima itself has a super peaceful vibe, and considering everything thats happened there I found the people and the city itself to have some really interesting creative areas and cafes (more about that later), we enjoyed exploring and wondering around the tiny side streets and crossing the rivers (its a place divided by so much water and is right on the coast - our hotel overlooked the ocean from almost every angle and islands stretched deep into the sunset, the most beautiful of these islands was Miyajima, world heritage and famous for its beautiful red shrine and huge forest that engulfs the island. We spent my favourite day exploring the island, climbing Mount Misen - a big peak on the island surrounded by forest and deer clambering everywhere (as you can imagine I couldn`t cope!) Heres some of my favourite memories from the day (my cameras once again jam packed full of deer again ahhhhhh!!!)♡

Hope everyones enjoying spring and the sunshine wherever you are! More of Hiroshima to be posted soon ♡ Lots of love! x x x x x

Kamakura ♡ 鎌倉

On Monday we visited the beautiful seaside place Kamakura with our friends Owain & Yuko and their adorable daughter Maira, about an hour from central Tokyo. It felt like a completely different world, there are trees and small mountains surrounding the town and it stretches out to the seaside. There were so many beautiful temples and old buildings and cute little shops, we enjoyed a big wander around and went and got our fortunes done at one of the big temples, which felt so spiritual! We also went to a ridiculously cute restaurant which had about 3 tables and was run by these two little elderly ladies and the majority of which was vegan - very exciting! I had a mixed plate of all sorts of goodies! Here's a few photos from our adventurings ♡

Giant Buddah..♡

 

 Vegan lunch ♡

Delicious Sakura Sake ♡..

Hope you like! Lots of love x x x x