Author: Carol

Karl and I left Japan about 36 hours ago, and have been home for about 12. Being home feels great but it also makes our trip feel that

Our last full day in Tokyo was our shopping day. We spent the morning packing up so we could assess how much space we had left for souvenirs

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

August 21st, 2015 | Naoshima, Japan         Japanese Breakfast at Tsujutsu Cafe       Some pictures of pretty things taken while waiting on the

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

Farewell Kyoto! Hello Himeji, Okayama, and Taiki!                                       Quick visit

Our day trip to Nara was a lot of fun. It was worth going just to feed the deer but we also saw a lot of great art

We decided to have a bit of a rest day . I woke up around 8am but we chilled in the apartment till about two in the afternoon,

We visited two famous World Heritage sites:  Kinkaku-ji, home of the Golden Pavilion, and Ryoanji Temple, home of a famous rock garden. Both were lovely, but Ryoanji was