Only planned myself 48 hours in Tokyo for this first trip alongside Disney time – just enough to give me a little taster and tick off a few of the sites! Now when this 48 hours includes seeing pandas and sleeping, that doesn’t leave a lot of time for much else – Tokyo is huge and I definitely underestimated a little on how long it would take me to get to and from places. I already have a list for my next visit, and without there being pandas there now, perhaps that will be my furthest travel destination that doesn’t have pandas to see! Anyway, what I did squeeze in: Tokyo Skytree and top tourist spots in Ginza, Shibuya and Harajuku as well as strolling the streets of Ueno. What impressed me the most though were the beautiful Autumn colours, I really loved them in Toyko^
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Ueno Zoo, Japan November 2025
Of course with two days at Ueno Zoo, I also checked out the other animals to see there besides the pandas! It’s quite a large zoo with plenty to see…
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First visit to the last PANDAS @ UENO ZOO JAPAN, November 2025
I finally made it to Japan!!! I’ve been planning a Japan trip for years, however I didn’t quite intend for it to only include 2 pandas – I booked to…
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Snapshots from St Louis Zoo, Missouri November 2025
After a day visiting Omaha, I hopped on a quick flight to Saint Louis, Missouri ready for a week of conferencing – that was actually in the Saint Louis Zoo!…
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First time in the Midwest ~ Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Nebraska November 2025
I was headed to a conference in Saint Louis and had to make the most of the trip all the way there – so the weekend before the conference I…