Category: Travel

It was so nice to get out of the city and back in to nature! Finally on my third trip to the Mount Fuji and five lakes area I was able to see the entire mountain clearly. Being near the immense and magnificent presence of Fujisan I felt extremely humbled upon seeing it at every […]

Thai-inspired Japanese cafe Checking out a samurai house Shiroyone Senmaida rice terraces Photo shoot for the calendar Morning markets Photo op with the village mascot Asian squat for lunch A cool seaside gate The view from our hotel in Wakura Onsen

Scenery around Tokyo Japanese kids are some of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen. I’m so impressed by how much independence they can have – and that this is only possible because of how safe Japan is. Cube-shaped cars fit perfectly in the small residential streets Wandering around Nakameguro Meiji Jingu The Meiji shrine was […]

Our Airbnb Something traditional – check. Something on the horror scale of “The Ring/Ringu” meets “Ju-on/The Grudge” (the actual Japanese versions not the Hollywood remakes) – check. The lighting and the arrangement of all the rooms/amenities made the place a bit creepy to navigate in the evenings. In the end we made it through without […]

While in Osaka we stayed at a nice airbnb near Dobutsuen-Mae station. The apartment had tatami flooring, an automated bidet toilet with a million settings, and lighting that scared us in the middle of the night (yet on the horror scale, this place had nothing on our Kyoto airbnb). Upon arrival we faced a difficult […]