Japan Trip 2019 (Tokyo + Hokkaido)

It was a trip that happened in Oct 2019, but I had only managed to finish writing and posting it in 2022. I’m such a procrastinator…

This, will most likely be my last overseas trip with Bruno. I have finally came to realise that we are really not compatible – I get all upset with him during travels because he was just way too passive and I need to push him to do every single thing. He cannot react to situations and everything needs to be highlighted and instructed by me before he would go do it. This has made my travels with him very frustrating and I am gonna put my foot down and say – no more. Why am I wasting my time taking care of one extra person and it doesn’t go both ways? He is supposed to be my companion – we are supposed to be taking care of each other. But all these years it’s starting to feel like he’s my SON and I have to take care of him all the time. Ugh. No. Just no.

(Update in 2022: It sort of did ended up being the last trip – because well, COVID-19 happened. It has been 3 years since we last travelled, and honestly, I probably wouldn’t mind travelling with Bruno again – as long as it means we are able to finally travel. I’m still waiting for Japan to open up to tourists at time of this posting…)

I brought my mom along for this trip as well, as she missed out on Hokkaido during her Japan trip with my cousins last year due to an earthquake affecting Hokkaido just a couple of weeks before they depart. This trip was almost a logistic nightmare in the end due to Typhoon #21 running along the coast of Japan causing us to misconnect our flight. I’m still waiting for news from my travel insurance…

We also skipped a few places which I would have went for, if not for the fact that I have to cater to my mom since she cannot walk too much. Oh well, I will be back some day.

There will not be any Flickr links this time – most of the pictures will be embedded in the posts.

As usual, here are the individual links to the various days:-

Japan Trip 2019 Day 1 & 2 (15-16 Oct 2019)