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

Once again we failed at eating normal meals. I think almost everything we consumed came from a convenience store today. Thankfully concenience store food in Japan is really

We parted ways with Takayama and the Rickshaw Inn today and made our way to Kyoto via two bullet trains. It took us a bit to figure out

Breakfast on the bus.    Kokutou Mushipan – taste like raisin and brown sugar (carrot cake) moist and spongy 5/5      Lunch in Shirakawa-go  Our bus tour included a

What a beautiful day! The bus tour was great. We wanted to stay in Shirakawa-go longer but we also wanted to have time to explore Takayama. If we

The Nohi bus tour to Ainokura and Shirakawa-go was fantastic. I enjoyed my quick washi paper making experience. Our Japanese style lunch was fun, educational, and yummy. And