Light festival "Luminarie" in Kobe, Japan

Whenever I see illuminations anywhere, I feel like Christmas is coming soon. In this season, I always miss the city, Kobe where I used to live in Japan. Kobe is a city located near by Osaka, the second biggest city in Japan.

Luminarie is a famous light festival in Kobe that is held every December since 1995, the year big earthquake occurred in this area. The lights were donated by Italian Government and are kept up for two weeks and turned on for a few hours in the evening.

Although I won't be able to see it this year, I am looking forward to walking all the way under the lights next year.

Banff Trip - Canadian Rockies and Beautiful Lakes

Banff is a small town in Canada. Banff National Park is a Canada's oldest national park in the Rockey Mountains. I just fell in love with the great views!

Also the little town of Banff is nice to walk around. Its charming streets are abuzz year round due to an annual influx of millions of visitors, and this famous mountain resort town caters accordingly with world-class shopping, dining and accommodation. 

I did cycling and saw a black bear!! (Can you see it? A small black one in the pic.)

There were many animals like big horn sheeps and Elk! The picture below was the best one during this trip.

There are some lovely lakes near Banff! My favorite is Lake Louise (the last pic).

Hong Kong - Groumet and Shopping City

Hong Kong is one of the most energetic cities in Asia! It is currently a part of China but had belonged to England for a long time. Hong Kong is such a small city but great place for girls who love shopping and eating :)


A luxury hotelm Penninsula Hotel. Afternoon tea here was great.

There are hundreds of high buildings! Most of them are apartments. Surprisingly, I couldn't see nay flat house there...

Crowded anywhere...too much people in this tiny city.



Love those chinese food!! Beijin Duck, dim sum, bubble tea...I realize that most of my photos in Hong Long are about food :)