My Month in Japan [VIDEO]
We packed so much into these three weeks, it still seems like a blur! Bullet trains, sumo wrestling, Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, museums for everything, multiple friends from the states… oh, and raw fish! Sushi time!
Category: Tokyo
さようなら Tokyo
^This is probably my favorite picture of me and Jim of the entire trip! Tokyo was a whirlwind. It is crazy to think about how much we did, but at the same time … how much we have left on our to-do list. I love…
Top Picks from Tokyo
We explored so many amazing places in Tokyo. Honestly, it would be hard to list them all. As I did in Amsterdam and Chang Mai, I thought I’d make a list of all my favorites. Let me start with my top 3 picks. These would be…
Meet Ellie!
Nolan is an animal lover. Upon returning home, there are two big topics he continues to talk about — 1) his “coming home” party and 2) getting a dog. Personally, I am not ready for another dog, I still miss Gonzo dearly and my heart…
Faith: Tokyo
^Charts from japan-guide.com, I found them very interesting. We were constantly out and about exploring the city in Tokyo. We also visited Osaka and Mt. Fuji during our 3-weeks in Japan. I was always on the look-out for churches and I surprisingly didn’t find very…
Family: Tokyo
Looking back at Tokyo, we learned a lesson on being “overscheduled.” Tokyo was one of the cities we were most looking forward to on our trip, and thus, our list of things to do and see was pretty intense. Every day we had something to…
Food: Tokyo
Of our entire trip, Tokyo has been the most interesting thus far and frankly, I don’t think any place will top it. So as I wrote in a previous post, the kitchen area in the house was basically non-existent. I had a very tiny counter…
こんにちは from Japan! [Quiet Please]
Hello from Tokyo, Japan! We made it to our third country in Asia, but the first with a drastic change in homestyle. We booked a traditional Japanese home for our 3-week stay in Tokyo. We knew it was going to be different though we were…