Chillout, Soulout & Freakout

Basically this post is sharing about how I managed my 3 years old son alone in 7 days 6 nights trip to Osaka and Kyoto. Many fathers would think it is an impossible mission to handle a kid alone. They will need their mother at all times, changing diaper is a nuisance, always crying for milk, running around uncontrollably and many more. I will show you how I did it in a simplest way I can put it in this post. Preparation before your travel with your kid: More family trip as a start. At least 5 times a year, local or overseas. Take your kid to local tourist spots first. Such as zoo, water park or beach and overnight for just one night for the start. Gets longer stay throughout the year. Get started when they are still very young. So you anticipate what kind of urgency and mess you will get yourself into. It may be frustrated but in the end you will get used to it. Start to take him to take a plane. So he knows about an airplane and it is taking him to somewhere very far aw...

Kokoen (好古園, Kōkoen) is a relatively recently constructed Japanese style garden, which was opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lord's west residence (Nishi-Oyashiki). It consists of nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period.  The ticket price is 300 yen but if you are purchasing a bundle ticket together with the Himeji Castle, it will cost 1040 yen only. It is just 5 minutes walk between them. You will only need to spend about 30 minutes to 1 hour in here.  Flowers lover will probably like this garden as there are many kind of flowers in this garden. There is a Japanese restaurant inside Koko-en where you have a pond and a beautiful garden view beside you while dining. The restaurant name is Kassui-ken Restaurant which is opens from 10.00am - 4.30pm. Using the gardening techniques in the Edo period (1600-1860) as a good model, "Koko-en" creates historical atmosphere with magnificent view of Himeji Castl...