Sndbox Summer Camp: Quest 1, Task 1- Traveling Around Japan & Nan Tien Temple

Hi Steemians,

I came across this summer quest because of @anomadsoul and decided to give it a go. Looking at the three domains mentioned, 2 out of the 3 topics I’ve been sharing on Steemit since I joined mid last year - traveling & food where I will focus on traveling today. I joined Steemit with the mindset of sharing my travel stories hence why I have chosen my username @travelgirl. And while traveling, you could experience local food so I tend to share my finds as well.

I started traveling regularly since university as I worked a few days part time here and there and would save my wages to travel various places. But you would ask why traveling? Why not save the money to get a property or buy a car? I would tell my friends traveling has broaden my horizon. You get to meet new people, learn a new culture, try local foods and the list goes on. You would not be able to experience all this by sitting at home. Even though I have a family now with young babies, we still travel as we want our kids to experience and see new things.

I have traveled to many places but the most favourite country I’ve been to would be Japan. Since working, I have been to Japan every since year (except the year when I was pregnant with my kids). We have experienced all 4 seasons in Japan and the most favourite part of Japan are the snowfields in Niseko and Japan’s countryside.

image from friend

After going to numerous countries to snowboard, Niseko by far has the best powder snow. Not only they have night ski (Australia doesn’t have that every night!), the food was excellent and overall cost was one of the most reasonable.

Then you have the famous cherry blossom in Japan in Spring. People all around the world will fly into Japan to see these beautiful scenes and locals will set up their mats at the park to enjoy the scenery.

baby E was learning to walk

If Spring is not the right season for you, then you can always try to visit Japan in Autumn to see the famous red leaves. There are many vantage points to see the autumn leaves around Japan. The leaves can also come in orange and yellow colours.

Lastly, Summer is also a great time to visit Japan. you can also try and visit different areas of Japan to experience their summer festivals like we did one year at Tokushima and danced with locals.

dancing on the streets with locals

Overseas travel is always fun but local travels are also pretty cool. Last weekend, I came back from a weekend away with two other families and on the way back, we stopped by a famous temple - Nan Tien Temple at Wollongong. I’ve made a video for you to see what I have experienced. Hope you like it.

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Thanks for reading. If you like my post, please follow, comment and upvote me. There will be more exciting posts & destinations to come.

謝謝你們收看。 請你們繼續跟隨，留言和投我一票 👍. 我會分享更多遊記和其他有趣的 blog.

All photos are taken by me & co in all my blogs/stories unless quoted. 每張相片都是我們自己拍的 📷

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My video is at DLive