I hope you enjoy my Japan travel blog (even if you aren’t diabetic!) I offer tips for diabetic travel which can be valuable for people without diabetes as well. Safe and healthy travel is great for all of us!
We visited Japan in October 2019 on a 21-day self-planned and self-guided tour.
Starting in Osaka, we headed to Nara, Himeji, Kyoto, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Misawa, Hachinohe, Aomori and finally Tokyo.
Self-guided also means that we depended on long distance trains and city buses and subways. Hauling our luggage around was no treat. When you have to wheel around an entire carry-on bag full of diabetic medical supplies you learn to appreciate your husband! As he says frequently, “I just carry the luggage!”
The trip really wore out the soles of our shoes but it was, as so many of our trips are, the trip of a lifetime! I hope you enjoy our shows and articles.
Many of the travel tips for Japan apply to every traveler, not just diabetics. Japan is a modern, fast-paced place and is easy to visit in a healthy way. I’ve written a full soup-to-nuts article on Travel Tips for International Travel. Check it out before you continue on. Skip over the
When we travel, each night I download our photos to our tiny laptop. We select the best of the day and create a photo collage, and email it off to family and friends, and post it on Facebook – kind of like a newfangled postcard. This means that I have
We visited Japan in October 2019. Over the years I have tried to reduce the size and weight of our luggage, and the task seems fruitless. With every new trip I find new needs, new reasons that a previously unregarded item become critical. Diabetic Travel Tip For our railway tripping
Subtitle: You don’t have to stay five nights to feel you’ve really done Tokyo. Having stayed five nights, I can tell you that some Tokyo sights are amazing, while others are better experienced in other Japanese cities. Tokyo is an expensive place to visit, so don’t feel disappointed you can’t
For so many, Osaka Japan is a day-trip out of its more famous nearby cousin, Kyoto. But since we flew into Osaka from Cairns, Australia, we made Osaka our first home-base city in our October 2019 tour through Japan, staying there four nights. What an excellent decision! As a first
Both Nara and Himeji are popular day trips out of Osaka and Kyoto. We visited Nara in October 2019 as a day trip out of Osaka, and then stopped in Himeji as a detour on our train journey from Osaka to Kyoto. We were very surprised by the huge number
I had read that many people rate Kyoto as their favorite city, so I did not hesitate to dedicate four days and five nights to finding out why. Kyoto is not a city of Ferris Wheels and crazy neon lights – it’s a city of beautiful temples, historic buildings and
We designed the itinerary of our entire Australia and Japan trip around attending the Takayama Autumn Festival. It was advertised to be one of the top three festivals in Japan. We were also enticed by the promised small-town atmosphere and the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawa-go villages of traditional houses.
While in Takayama, Japan, we took a quick day-trip to Shirakawa-go, a small village chock full of “gassho” houses, set in the mountains west of Takayama. Gassho houses are traditional A-frames built in the mountains of Japan. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, visitors flock to the village of Shirakawa-go to
Where to find Dr. Pepper in Japan Prior to our arrival in Japan, Greg had seen a picture of a Diet Dr. Pepper vending machine in Japan. He was so excited to think that he would be able to readily find Diet Dr Pepper. Oh, not so! And he was
My research led me to believe that Kyoto would easily be my favorite city in Japan. The results of my study churning around in my mind, I created our list of must-see attractions and quickly became overwhelmed. The temples, markets and castles were spread throughout a large city. I plotted
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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