Margaret R Kelly

Tag: asia

  • Taking the Tokyo Subway

    —

    by

    Margaret Kelly
    in

    This is the statue of Hachiko, Japan’s equivalent of Scotland’s Greyfriars Bobby (photo copyright Alan Bailey). It’s at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, beside the must-see ‘Shibuya Scramble’ pedestrian crossing (best viewed from the Shibuya Sky Building), a great shopping district (a mega Don Quijote store and a huge new shopping precinct called Miyashita Park) and…

  • Four Days in Beijing

    —

    by

    Margaret Kelly
    in

    It doesn’t seem to be common knowledge that since 2024, but only until the 31st December, 2026, tourists travelling on an Australian passport can spend up to thirty days in China without a visa.  We were in Beijing in early December. By surviving flights with Air China, travelling with lots of people toting rice cookers…

  • ISN’T KOFU IN GREECE? CHERRY-BLOSSOM TIME IN JAPAN PART 2

    ISN’T KOFU IN GREECE? CHERRY-BLOSSOM TIME IN JAPAN PART 2

    —

    by

    Margaret Kelly
    in

    Cherry-blossom shots are the quintessential heart of the Japanese travel brochure cover shot, but Japan in cherry-blossom season is unlikely to live up to your dreamed experience if you limit yourself to the overtouristed areas of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. NARITA In March 2025, our Jetstar flight from Brisbane landed at Narita Airport after dark. Rather than…