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Sushi-go-round!

I hate to admit it, but I've never been to one of the most popular type of restaurants in Japan - a kaiten sushi restaurant. There is a...

After our quick trip to the countryside, we had to come back to Tokyo. We took the bullet train - shinkansen - all around on our trip to...

We decided to take a side trip to the countryside of Gifu Prefecture, to a little but well-known town called Gero. It is famous for its...

We left Kyoto early in the morning and arrived in Hiroshima about 9:00am after a 1 1/2 hour ride on the Shinkansen (bullet train). We...

We have entered the 21st century of travel - we rented an Airbnb apartment in Kyoto instead of getting a traditional hotel room! I have...

We met some friends from Union in Asakusa the other day! Shoko (right) and her kids are in Japan this summer visiting family, so we were...

Friday morning, we headed off to meet Hannah and Ellie in Yokohama, a port city near Rie's home in Kanagawa Prefecture. That is where...

I'm not caught up on the last week at all, but I'll start with an observation from today that I really had to share. Rie and I went with...

I haven't been able to post for the last week because I did two not-so smart things: #1 - I went for a short weekend to a mountain hot...

We landed at Narita International Airport around 3:30pm and made our way through immigration and customs, then had to pick up our pocket...