I had a google of Hijemi Castle and apparently it's in the midst of restoration works. I hate visiting sites that are being restored and are all ocovered in scaffolding and half closed so this time I will give it a miss
Bad coffee huh? The most important drink of the day is my morning coffee but I could probably survive a week of bad coffee (just).
Yeah, Himeji castle is mid restoration (we found out the hard way by just turning up) however, if you have time, it still is actually worth a visit. The beautiful old gates, rabbit warren pathways and old buildings. I loved it. Of course it would have been AMAZING without the scaffolding, but I surprisingly had a great day there.
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Coffee is a funny thing in Japan. There is certainly a lot of really dodgy coffee shops but there is a big coffee movement in Japan and a lot of the third wave coffee shops in Melbourne have been heavily influenced by Japanese coffee culture (Syphon specifically) There is some good coffee to be had I believe but you might need to know where to go.
However, if you can lower your standards a bit, the coffee in most of the hotels I stayed in was pretty good. They have 'make your own' pour over sachets, where you open a sachet and it folds out to be a cardboard braced filter paper that sits over your cup. You add the ground coffee, pour over hot water and have yourself a filter coffee! Not bad, not as good as a fresh cup of course but heaps better then freeze dried 'coffee' sachets you get in standard hotel situations! I was pretty impressed at this and it certainly got me through my stay and I am pretty addicted (married to a coffee roaster )
Audax, I hadn't thought of Yoyogi in Winter!! I was there in June so it was perfect.
As for Himeji, it is a pity it is not open. Still, there are so many cool things to fill your time, keep it aside for next time
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