Hannah in Japan

Hello again from Japan, I hope this finds you all doing well. In today's post, I wanted to touch on something that doesn't get a lot of attention, and that is exactly how much work goes into getting those perfect travel shots that you see plastered all over Instagram and Facebook. As someone who has done quite a bit of travelling around Japan over the past year, it has become increasingly clear to me that social media has had a huge impact on the way we travel in the modern age, so I thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss. Instagrammability has now become something people consider when choosing their next holiday destination. The rise of social media has been rapid, and the concept of 'instagrammability' would have been unheard of 10 years ago. Instagram is definitely a great place to look for inspiration, but it never tells the full story of how long it took just to get there, how many people were lined up waiting to take the exact same photo, and whether ...

Hello again from a warm Japan. The temperatures are definitely starting to climb, and summer will soon be on its' way. For now, I'm happy with the warmer weather, but give it another month or so and it will be too hot to do anything. Ahh, love a stifling, humid Asian summer...(sarcasm level through the roof there). I've not long returned from a great trip down to Osaka and Hiroshima with my parents for Golden Week (slightly extended thanks to a few extra paid holidays I had left over from last year). It was Dad's first visit to Japan and Mum's first time outside of Tokyo, and I think they were both impressed with the scenery, the food and culture that Japan has to offer. We started off in Tokyo obviously, and they arrived late on April 29th, so I met them at the airport and then escorted them to their hotel before letting them sleep off the jetlag. The next day, the weather decided to turn against us, so the National Museum and an onsen were on the cards, both great...