Yes, this is where Sayuri walks through in Memoirs of A Geisha! Best way to get to Fushimi Inari is to take a JR to Inari Station, the second station from Kyoto on the JR Nara Line. Fushimi Shrine is just located outside the statiion! No admission fees, and takes about 2 hours to walk through... »

Don’t know whether it was the excitement about being in Japan, or simply that we hadn’t adjusted to the time difference, but either way we woke up at 7.30am and decided to start our second day early.  Our plan was to head out to Osaka and check out the Gyoza Stadium, the Umeda Sky... »

Arriving into Kansai airport Osaka after a delayed flight on Jetstar from Sydney via Gold Coast at 6.40pm, the first task of the trip was to head over to the JR Office to swap the exchange order we had purchased in Sydney for the JR pass. At $598 for 14 days, this is a... »

I was recently invited to dinner with friends at Est., the Three Hat restaurant on the first floor of the Establishment Bar in Sydney. Having never been past the noise and crowds on the ground floor Bar, first impressions stepping out of the lifts was the stark contrast in ambience. The set-up of the restaurant... »

Laneways By George is a Hidden Networks project to transform and explore the potential of City laneways with creative, innovative and inspiring high quality temporary artworks. It runs from Oct ‘09 through to Jan ‘10. I took the opportunity to check this temporary artwork out on a gloomy Monday arvo. Admittedly, I just didn’t... »

On a recent getaway to the Hunter Valley, I decided to drop by Tatler Cafe to try out the tapas which came recommended by a few of the cellar door folk in the region. About a scenic 8-minute drive from Pokolbin, Tatler Café is located in Lovedale. Now, do not be fooled by it’s modest ‘tinny’... »