Ah Nara. The last stop on our Japanese excursion. The last 16-days have been extraordinary. A beautiful country that is extremely efficient (frustratingly so at times). It was an experience full of cultural learning, ups and downs, awesome bathrooms, and swaths of great food. Nara was the proper way to […]
Located in the northern part of the Gifu prefecture, we spent two days exploring Takayama and Shirakawago during our two-weeks in Japan. Takayama is known as the “little Kyoto” of the Hida region. This small, picturesque city nestled in the mountains is often overlooked by tourists and seen as a […]
Alright here it is ladies and gentlemen. The statistics I’m sure you’ve all been clamoring over. Just how many steps did we get during our time in Japan? A ton. But we had to in order to burn off all those trips to 7-11! Let’s see how the results stacked […]
Before you know it, our 16-days traveling through the amazing and unique county of Japan fly by. We traversed the country visiting 10 different cities/regions of Japan (thanks to our JR Pass) while learning and experiencing the culture. Despite a lot of rain and a typhoon, we had an amazing […]
We arrived in Takayama around midday on Thursday. Our first cultural experience of our two days in Takayama was our AirBnB. We were staying in a traditional Japanese style home with a man named Masa. It was easy to find his home because he had a sign hanging outside the […]
Two Days in Kanazawa Kanazawa may not be the first destination you would think to travel to in Japan, however, this charming city has plenty of eats, brewery stops, and arts to make it a worthwhile stop. Day 1 Meg and I caught an early 8:06AM train out of Matsumoto […]