Tag: travel

  • Visiting Taipei and the National Palace Museum / 台北の故宮博物院を訪れて

    Visiting Taipei and the National Palace Museum / 台北の故宮博物院を訪れて

    日本文はフォートラベルのほうをどうぞ。 I visited Taipei last week. It was the first time I went abroad in four years, as the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020 had prevented people from getting in and out of borders. Since the border opened this year, I wanted to travel somewhere overseas. I chose Taiwan for this trip because I wanted…

  • Visiting Hong Kong / 香港へ

    Visiting Hong Kong / 香港へ

    日本文が後ろに続きます。 A few weeks ago I visited Hong Kong to deposit part of my fixed amount savings, deposited in Japan’s post office and matured last month, in HSBC Hong Kong where I’ve had my bank account for 13 years, and to buy some gold which was a bit inexpensive than what you buy in Japan.…

  • Japan’s northernmost end / 日本のさいはてへ

    Japan’s northernmost end / 日本のさいはてへ

    日本文はフォートラベルに転載しました。 https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11321411 Though it was almost half a year ago, I visited Wakkanai, the northernmost end of Hokkaido. Since it was the beginning of January this year, it was extremely cold outside with plenty of snow and the streets were very slippery. Wakkanai is deeply related to Russia, since this city is just 40 kilometers…

  • Hong Kong and Macau / 香港・マカオ旅行

    日本文が後ろに続きます。 I forgot to say that I had a trip to Hong Kong this year as well. I departed Japan on 23 November and returned on 26. What I did there is: I uploaded a set of photos on Flickr. 今年も香港に行ったのを書くのを忘れてました。11月23日〜26日です。向こうでやったことは Flickrにsetをアップロードしました。あとフォートラベルに旅行記書いてます。 https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11698351 https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11698352

  • Trip to Singapore and Malaysia / シンガポール・マレーシアの旅

    Trip to Singapore and Malaysia / シンガポール・マレーシアの旅

    日本文が後ろに続きます。 I’m going on a trip to Singapore and Malaysia until next Thursday because we have the “Silver Week” in Japan, with two national holidays (next Monday and Thursday) and three days of leave. For me, this is this year’s second trip to foreign countries. As I have 20,000 miles of United Airlines’ frequent flyer…