Japan - Order, Chaos & Cherry Blossoms Waiting to Bloom
Route : Tokyo – Hakone – Nagano – Kanazawa – Kyoto – Kobe – Osaka – Koyasan – Tokyo From corporate coffee to capsule living in less than 24 hours - that’s how our Japan adventure began. After wrapping up the E-World energy conference in Essen (where even my face ended up printed on a cappuccino), I had just enough time to swap bags at home before boarding an overnight flight via Doha, bound for the land of sushi, shrines, and Shinkansen. Tokyo greeted us with sunshine, spotless streets, and a sense of calm order beneath the neon chaos. Wandering through Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya felt like jumping between worlds - from the serenity of temple gardens to the sensory overload of gaming arcades and giant screens. One minute we found ourselves in a maid café where the waitresses only responded to “meow meow” (our first proper “only in Japan” moment 😆), the next we were 450 metres up in the Skytree watching the sunset dissolve into a sea of city lights. Tokyo is a paradox in motion - h...