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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 6h

Erin has published one of her comprehensive guides ever—Our Top Tips for Tokyo Disney. Over 6,000 hand crafted human words about planning and staying at #Tokyo #Disney Resort! Everything you need to know in one place! With a table of contents (because tbf that is a lot of words)! buff.ly/XhRcMul

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Our Top Tips for Tokyo Disney (2026 Ultimate Planning Guide)

Our best tips for Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Everything you need to know to plan a perfect trip and avoid the crowds.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 04/10/2026

This is from All About Eve (1950) Theatre drama. Bette Davis is outstanding as Margo playing someone turning 40 and wondering how long they can get away with acting young. Relatable. This is Eve after her understudy performance, goal in her sights. Pencil sketch in Procreate. buff.ly/5YFqa6w

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All About Eve

A brief review and drawing of All About Eve

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 02/10/2026

We passed this park on the way to Hamarikyu Gardens and decided to pop in and we had the entire place to ourselves! Japanese gardens are lovely and the contrast with the city behind was particularly striking This is the Kyū Shiba-rikyū Gardens and it was a lovely little moment of solitude in Tokyo

Erin standing on a bridge looking out over a lake with some traditional Japanese gardens behind which in turn lead into the cityscape of Tokyo large buildings

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 01/10/2026

Tokyo Disney Resort introduces a range of cooling options in the heat of the Tokyo summer. This year it was Baymax's Mission Cool Down Parade with these trucks that soak the crowd. The water cannons on these things are intense—a 50m+ radius I reckon—and I would say mission accomplished, frankly.

Erin and I in front of the Baymax Get Soaked Max Plus water cannons which are currently firing at full force. We are, naturally, soaking wet.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 30/09/2026

We also filmed a whole bunch of room tours which may or may not one day see the light of day. #Tokyo #Disneyland

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 30/09/2026

Erin has just completed our deep dive into the Tokyo Disneyland Resort Hotels. And, boy, it is deep! We have now stayed in every Tokyo Disneyland Resort hotel (except the Celebration for reasons we go in to) and some of the non-Disney ones nearby, so we are not guessing here! buff.ly/TgKJRPR

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Best Tokyo Disney Hotels: Our Rankings of All Onsite Hotels

We rank the best Tokyo Disney Hotels after staying in them all. Plus affordable nearby hotels, useful tips, and a map.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 29/09/2026

* drunkard is a radical, which is like the crossbeam in an "A", for example, and means that I can't write it out separately. Anyhow, it's the long top beam and flowy legs on the right hand side.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 29/09/2026

Today's kanji is 域 which means "range, region, or boundary" and the mnemonic I'm using is "in the dirt 土 a drunkard* puts their mouth 口 on the ground 一 to figure out which region they're in". (I have literally hundreds of these dumb little stories rattling around my head now.) #Japanese #Kanji

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 29/09/2026

TBH it's actually super refreshing cause it may not look it in this photo, but Tokyo in July is *hot*

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 29/09/2026

Splash Mountain gets an upgrade during the summer, where it becomes Splash Mountain Get Soaked Max Plus (yep, really). The Get Soaked Max Plus comes in the form of array of water cannons that are shot directly at you at the bottom of the mountain. They are...effective. #Tokyo #Disneyland

A photo of me outside Splash Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland. I am wearing a blue shirt and it is clear that I am soaked from my shoulders down. I am looking...less than pleased about it!

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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am excited to be awarded fifth place in the Photographer of the Year category of this year’s Natural Landscape Photo Awards with this portfolio of images. It is a great honor to be recognized among such amazing and inspiring landscape photographers! @natural-landscapes.bsky.social

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 27/09/2026

Erin is out this Sunday afternoon so I am spending it watching my 4K remastered version of Spartacus on my lovely OLED TV with my surround sound system turned up full I have reached peak middle aged man

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 25/09/2026

I appreciate what they said about not looking for defects too. I am beginning to enjoy more of the subtle complexities of the world's favourite bean and I do think a lot can be done at the brewing level to discover what is unique about every varietal and bring that out.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 25/09/2026

I have been guilty of wanting ever weirder coffees and I hope that the current coferment craze will help producers be open about their processing.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 25/09/2026

One for the #coffee nerds: Scenery's post about undocumented additions during the fermenting process in order to satisfy global North demands for ever-fruitier coffee. buff.ly/qhIQGVQ It's a good, thoughtful post.

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The Market Demands Boiled Frogs

It’s no secret that there has been controversy brewing in the world of high intervention coffees - that of undocumented additions of flavourings during the post-harvest process. We’ve been grappling…

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 24/09/2026

This was a super fun one—canoe trip in Hokkaido down the Kushiro river. At this point we had stopped and our guide had brought out chairs and a table and was serving us tea on coasters with a li'l treasure chest that had a homemade sweet in it! Just absolutely delightful #Hokkaido #Japan #canoe

Erin and I holding up our li'l cups by a coffee table that had been set up in the dang river. Our feet are in the water and there's coasters and a framed sign telling us about the homemade sweet. The double canoe we were in is in the background.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 23/09/2026

#Disney are doing some absolutely wild things with drones right now! You can get a sense of the scale from the fact that's a WHOLE DANG CASTLE underneath. This is at Tokyo Disneyland, but the new Adventure World in Paris also has an amazing drone show (when the wind doesn't shut it down).

Drones spelling out Reach for the Stars above the princess castle at Tokyo Disneyland

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 22/09/2026

For the avoidance of doubt thanks to the stupid world we live in, the Oil Max Pack is a set of brushes for Procreate: maxpacks.com/oil-maxpack

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Oil MaxPack — MaxPacks

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 22/09/2026

In "Simon has other interests" news I finished another drawing as part of my History of Cinema project! This one was from Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), using the Oil Max Pack in Procreate: buff.ly/JWYaUeA #Movies #Hitchcock #art

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Rebecca

A brief review and drawing of Rebecca

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 20/09/2026

You may disagree. You'd be wrong, though.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 20/09/2026

Since we're back on the topic, I feel like the Corkestra deserves a second look because sat in the enterance of a Cheese Factory in Hokkaido is one of the greatest pieces of human art ever created. #Japan #Hokkaido #art #nobutreallylookatthis

OK so this is 45 or so little cork characters arranged as an orchestra with little instruments and there's a conductor. Their hair is all made up of different forest detritus like acorn tops and pine cones and little seeds. They all have different expressions too. Very tiny. Very detailed.

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The Jolly Hobos | Brad @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm still blown away by this lake, Lago Federa, sitting at 2,046m elevation near Cortina. Peering through the surface of the water here is like staring into a beautiful underwater forest. A very magical place. #TravelAddicts #Dolomites

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 18/09/2026

Continuing the on-again-off-again theme of cool li'l dioramas at the entrances of Japanese businesses, here we have a bear carving at our hotel in Biei! I'm not sure if the trinkets in front of them are the bear's personal collection or offerings made to it for a bear-free summer. #Hokkaido

A bear carving outside our hotel in Biei, Hokkaido. They're quite an angular beast and they're sitting on a log with a collection of trinkets in front of them, mostly pinecones and some sort of rusted container. Next to them is a metal pot on a log, for some reason.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 17/09/2026

These are the jumping Salmon at Sakura Falls trying to get back to a breeding ground upstream. We were here for like 20 minutes and not a single one made it in that time. And they were trying so hard, bless their li'l hearts! #Hokkaido #salmon #wildlife

A roaring white-water waterfall with green vegetation above and below. In the middle are two salmon in mid air trying their bestest to get up the top but it's clear neither of them will manage it this time.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 16/09/2026

The reason the top half of Tokyo Tower in this here pic wasn't lit was because it was a full moon evening! They leave the top lights off so you can appreciate the moon and that is quite lovely of them (I mean, there are a lot of other lights nearby but, still, it's a nice gesture) #Tokyo #Japan

A view from the one of the feet of Tokyo Tower looking up. It looks otherworldly bathed in a purple and red light, with rows of even blue lights dotted on the structure until half way up, at which point it is just the rest of the tower reaching into the dark blue sky

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 10/09/2026

The hike to Momijidaki Falls in Sounkyo, Hokkaido is short but the reward is this stunning and dramatic waterfall! I loved this one in particular and went back a second time to record a short video which we will hopefully have out soon. #Momijidaki #Hokkaido #Japan

Erin in the foreground with her back to us as she stares at a roaring waterfall. In the middleground are the huge tree trunks that have fallen down these falls and gotten caught on the rocks. There are some other trunks that are caught half way down, reminding us that these falls are not to be messed with!

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 09/09/2026

A view of Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido on the drive in. We stayed here for 5 nights of canoeing, hiking, and natural onsens which, conveniently, you can read all about here: buff.ly/EPPBYsl #TravelBlogShare #TravelBloggersCommunity

A view of Lake Kussharo from high up, looking down across undulating hills of trees before hitting the water, which is surrounding a large green island in the middle. It's partly cloudy but it all looks very warm and rugged and tranquil.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 08/09/2026

Sunayu on Lake Kussharo is where the hot springs meet the lake edge. We dug a li'l hole in the sand to make our own warm foot bath but Erin was also excited by these lupins and that's because flowers are cool. #Kussharo #Hokkaido #Japan

Erin sitting on sand with her feet in the water (which is warm, although you can't tell that from the picture). She is staring out to the lake and the sun is shining top right.

Some lupins up close and sharp in the foreground with a blurry lake in the background.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 01/09/2026

Kamakura is our new favourite city in Japan! Hydrangea season is a great, if busy, time to go but we have the best ways to make the most of it in our guide: buff.ly/755DbPr #TravelBlogShare #TravelBloggersCommunity

A close up of blue hydrangeas in full bloom

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ZOOKEEPER: So pythons and anacondas are part of a family of snakes called constrictors ME: *way too loud* Also called wraptiles ZOOKEEPER: *pulling out his tazer* look away kids

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 28/08/2026

A panorama from the summit of Mt Mashu, overlooking the pristine Lake Mashu. Apparently it's shrouded in fog 85% of the time so we were super lucky to get such an amazing day!

There is a mountain in the foreground and the lake circles around it in the background. The mountain is covered in trees except for one side which is bare rock. The lake is a deep blue and there is a small beach to the right hand side

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 27/08/2026

I mean, they don't look exactly like their stuffed representations, but it's also not far off!

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 27/08/2026

One of the fun things about Japan is that places have displays set up (c.f.: last week's Corkestra) and our hotels had them to varying degrees. The one at the Sounkyo Onsen Canyon Choyo Resort is for the long-tailed tits. It's the Bird of Hokkaido probs because these li'l friends are legit adorbs!

Me standing in front of the Shimaenaga display at the hotel. There are around two dozen cute round white fluffy birds of varying sizes on a tree branch above and to either side of me. There are also other cute, squidgy animals in the mix.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 27/08/2026

We visited Naoshima in 2019 and got to see Kusama’s pumpkins and they were so big and fun and whimsical and unique and we need more of that kind of energy, not less. Three absolute icons in one week. Sad times.

Kusuma’s iconic yellow polka dot pumpkin sits on the pier at Naoshima island

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Area Man @areamancm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don’t do a lot of TikTok but quite honestly, hats off. A masterpiece

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 19/08/2026

OMG OMG CHECK OUT THE CORKESTRA We found this just sitting in the entrance at the Furano Cheese Factory, Hokkaido, Japan and oh my heart! Look at all the tiny little instruments! And the HAIR! I like the drummer lost in it's little world, although angry violinist in the front row is also fun.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 26/08/2026

We have published our ultimate guide to Tokyo Disney Premier Access and, because Erin wrote it, it is comprehensive! It covers everything you need to know: price, effectiveness, time saved, and which rides and attractions it's worth getting for. Check it out: buff.ly/SvV5JQ8 #TravelBlogShare

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Tokyo Disney Premier Access: The Ultimate Guide (2026)

Is Tokyo Disney Premier Access worth it? Which are the best rides to use it on? Find out everything you need to know in this guide.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 25/08/2026

Having said that, we weren't eaten by any bears so maybe it was effective?

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 25/08/2026

There are bears in Hokkaido so when you head out hiking, it's a good idea to take a bell so at the very least they can hear you coming and (hopefully) leave you alone. This was ours. I'd be lying if I said I was considering effectiveness over cuteness when choosing this bear bell.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 21/08/2026

Keeping with the Buddha theme, we met the big chap at Hare-Desa, Kamakura.

This is the Big Buddha, which is a giant blue-tinged statue with its eyes closed in a prayer pose. In front of it is a small basket of hydrangeas.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 20/08/2026

Still, you can always find a nice spot or two even at the busiest spots and this serene fella was a good reminder to stop and breathe and take it all in. We're in Japan! The sun is shining! There are pretty flowers!

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 20/08/2026

Hydrangea season is big in Kamakura, and we found this little chap at the Meigetsu-in temple. While he may look peaceful, the rest of the temple was not! Queuing early was essential but even then the crowds got a little overwhelming.

A small stone statue of a Buddhist monk with his eyes closed holding a bowl full of bright blue hydrangeas. In the background are lush green bushes.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 19/08/2026

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 18/08/2026

More flowers, this time it's where the daisies meet the catmint at the Panoramic Flower Gardens, Shikisai-no-oka, Hokkaido. We really got into flowers on this trip.

On the left is a sea of daisies and on the right is a sea of catmint and they meet bang in the middle, creating this contrasting effect.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 16/08/2026

It’s possible that was the beginning of the end of my relationship with them.

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Never Ending Voyage @neverendingvoyage.com · 16/08/2026

I’m playing a game called Mixtape about some indie rock kids from the 90s and it has a soundtrack to match. One of those tracks is Freak by Silverchair and the biggest memory I have of them is seeing them at a festival and Johns saying “I hope you all brought your books to the Reading festival”.

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