Inside Ryan Tubridy's ‘busy' trip to Japan as he reveals ‘incredible' snaps and why he's ‘obsessed' with one city
The former
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Ryan Tubridy visited Japan this month
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Ryan shared snaps of his trip on Instagram
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Ryan told fans he was 'obsessed' with one city in particular
The 52-year-old looked as happy as ever as he posted a snap of himself outside a train station which had bookcase-printed walls.
The
UK
host wrote: "On a recent trip to
Japan
, I found a book quarter of
In a separate
video
, the
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He said: "Recent
Japan
retrospective, vending machines are EVERYWHERE and sell EVERYTHING."
Later, the Irish presenter took a photo of himself outside an ancient Japanese building.
Ryan told fans that he travelled from Osaka to Hiroshima, then to Kyoto and on to
Tokyo
.
The
radio
host recorded a clip of the swarms of crowds moving through Tokyo city.
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The
star
joked: "The Tokyo zebra crossings... and I thought Abbey
Road
was bad."
Tubridy tried out his best "dad joke" in another
video
as he walked by a fish statue and remarked: "Tokyo, did I mention I'm having a whale of a time?"
Ryan Tubridy returns to Dublin
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, Ryan posted a clip of the renowned bullet train which runs between Tokyo and Hiroshima.
The host confessed he was "obsessed" with the train while he was travelling around
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Tubridy also videoed a beautiful Japanese garden in Hiroshima and gushed: "My favourite city."
This comes after
SWEET MOMENT
The host jetted over to Shannon Airport from Heathrow recently to present his
Virgin Radio
UK
and Q102 show in
Cork
.
Ryan had been having a great time on his Munster break away so far and spoke about it on air at 10am today.
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The popular presenter told his listeners
this morning
that it was "good to be back" and added: "There's very few sights as beautiful as flying into an airport surrounded by beautiful green fields."
Ryan was greeted by his "new friend" Mike who brought him to
The Savoy
Hotel.
The dad-of-two was all smiles as he got a
selfie
with Mike outside the hotel on his arrival.
Ryan then popped into Living Art
Tattoo
Studio in
Limerick
City as a listener of his had asked him to meet his good pal
Jake
, who works there.
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The Ex-RTE
star
snapped a picture with his fan
Jake
outside the
tattoo
shop and posted it to his
story.
Jake looked delighted as he put his arm around Tubs' shoulder and beamed.
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