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Yay, on the plane!! We cut it pretty fine with a dash to Asakusa & had minutes to retrieve our luggage from the lockers & run for the train to the airport. It always makes me nervous because I managed to miss a flight out of Paris once after fucking around in town 😬
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Image shows NinjaKitty and a young woman and young man, ostensibly her children, sitting in their designated plane seats for their flight home. First stop - Nadi!
February 20, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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It’s supposed to be winter here🤔
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Image shows a location of Chiyoda in Tokyo with a current temperature of 20°C
February 20, 2024 at 7:58 AM
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Last lunch 🍜🍚🥟
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Image shows a huge bowl of ramen, a small bowl of cooked rice and a plate of five gyoza 😋😋😋
February 20, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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Caught up with an old mate last night who took us here.
We are but mere peasants in NZ.
We might be flying to AoNZ tonight but I’ll definitely be back here in a permanent capacity.
#BulgariGinzaBar
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Image shows the cover of a menu from Bulgaria’s Ginza Bar
February 20, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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lol, TwitterAoNZ is indeed small - just accidentally bumped into a TwitterNZ pal here in Harajuku! 😂
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February 19, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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You know stupid carparks that take up hectares of land, where some nong opens their car door onto yours, or can’t park properly?? If we’re going to insist we have cars, we should get car parking buildings like this which have a small footprint & you won’t lose where you parked
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Image shows a multi-level car parking building in downtown Tokyo Image shows a multi-level car parking garage building with a white van parked to one side in downtown Hiroshima
February 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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Last full day in Japan so we’re going to jump on the JR Yamanote Line and circle Tokyo using our JR passes!
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Image shows a map of the Japanese Rail Yamanote Line and its numerous stops, many at key sightseeing spots.
February 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Snow shenanigans!! I forgot how hard it is to walk in snow! Luckily I had my hiking shoes with me otherwise I’d have been toast!
No.1 son is standing by the snow piled up on the corner of where we used to live. Other notes in alt text
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Image shows a young woman pulling her brother in an old Japanese sled Image shows a parking lot under about a metre of snow Image shows the sort of winter snow that falls in north-west Hokkaido Image shows a young man standing on a cleared road next to over two metres of snow
February 17, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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It’s snowing!! 🙌🙌❄️
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Image shows a rooftop scene with snowing gently falling
February 14, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Made it back to where we lived, where my son was born and where my daughter was at kindy then school. Daughter was very tearful on arrival - we haven’t been back for 20 years!! 🙌 ❄️ 🇯🇵
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Image shows rooftops covered in snow in Hokkaido, Japan
February 14, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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Snow’s up kids!!! Still on Honshu, right at the northern part and soon to travel through the Seikan Tunnel - 58kms mostly under the sea!!
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February 14, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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First time I’ve ever seen kissing Shinks!! 😘😂
This was out of Tokyo and the Green one heads to Shin-Hakodate in Hokkaido and the pink one heads off to Akita.
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Image shows two Shinkansen or bullet trains connected at the nose of each train. The trains are designed so that there is a nose at both ends Image shows how the two trains are connected together
February 13, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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Tonight’s stay is at the Manga Art Hotel - it’s a capsule-style hotel in central Tokyo and jam-packed with all the manga you could ever want!!
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Image shows the steps up to my loft bed!😬 Image shows the size of the capsule bed Image shows a wall of manga Image shows two walls of manga surrounding the sleeping capsules
February 12, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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#Kinkakuji
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February 11, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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Found a friend! 🥷
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Image shows NinjaKitty being surprised by an actual fake Ninja
February 11, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Having heaps of fun navigating the extensive train system in Osaka! NZ$3 to travel from our base to Shin-Osaka station where we’re using our JR passes to jump on a Shinkansen for a 15 minute trip to Kyoto 💮🚄🙌
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Image shows a map of the extensive train routes of Osaka
February 10, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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Osaka!!
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Image shows NinjaKitty with Junior NinjaKitties 1&2 standing by the canal in Dotonbori, Osaka at the golden hour
February 9, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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Saw a very cool and rare Shinkansen today 😎
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Image shows the nose-end of a yellow bullet train (Shinkansen).
February 9, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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Kitteh & friends 😍
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Image shows NinjaKitty standing in front of a whole lot of Sanrio characters including Hello Kitty (friends since 1978) at the Sanrio store in Hiroshima
February 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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Sharing a bathroom? This stuff is a godsend!! 🌺🌹😂
#ToiletDeodoriser
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Pocket-size toilet air-freshener 😊
February 8, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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Passed by this older gentleman and thought how cool, compact & practical his mobility unit is.
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February 7, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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Followed some disguised test cars down the expressway on Tuesday. They’re for the US/European market & wrapped in these design shields to throw off car spotters - like me!!
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February 7, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Ramen and gyoza coming up! If you haven’t already seen Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner on Netflix, give it a go!
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February 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Heard it long before we saw it but I think this is an F-22 Raptor. The US military base Iwakuni is close by and these guys were in the sky for a good part of the day.
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Distant shot of a US Airforce fighter plane, guessing it’s a F-22 Raptor
February 7, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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Hiroshima oysters for lunch on Miyajima 😋😋😋
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A set menu lunch of oysters cooked different ways Oyster cooked in shell Raw oysters
February 7, 2024 at 5:56 AM