Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Shirakawa-go is a beautiful mountain village famous for its traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Gassho-zukuri means “constructed like hands in prayer”, and refers to the steep thatched
I purchased a deck of Japanese Flower Cards while in Japan since I like games and it was both interesting and inexpensive. The cards look really neat but a bit
There are two Disney parks in Japan: Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Tokyo Disneyland is very similar to Disneyland in California and The Magic Kingdom in Florida, but DisneySea
08-22-2015, Osaka to Akihabara Karl and I woke up early enough to walk to Dotonbori and look around before checking out of our hotel. Dotonbori is a shopping
Today we’re traveling from Okayama to Uno by train where we’ll take a ferry to the island of Naoshima (now-shi-ma). Taiki is planning to be our tour guide