Osaka was a short trip of about 3 nights. We stayed in a microstudio AirBnB in the Orange District which was basically America Town. We didn’t realize this until we arrived but it was pretty interesting to see what people view as American culture and that it was popular. This area was a great location […]
Japan
Kyoto Diaries
Let me preface this with, this post is more like a diary or journal writing… Did I mention traveling is full of hiccups? The only thing to do is to make the best of it, but that does not mean it’s always easy in the moment. We loved Japan, even though we probably ran into […]
Mt. Fuji and Journey
From Tokyo we decided to spend a few days in Mt. Fuji to spend some time in traditional Japanese inn known as a ryokan. At ryokans you eat a set meal of traditional seasonal foods and bathe in geothermal hot spring baths known as an onsen. We really didn’t want to leave Japan without getting […]
Arigatou Gozaimasu, Tokyo
JAPAN!! I can’t believe we’ve already made it to Asia! WOW. So Robin and I have a bit of an obsession with sushi, so naturally Japan was on our list of places to go on this journey. Japan was extra exciting because it was the first stark cultural contrast of our trip in relation to […]