Travel: Japan Wrap-Up

Travel: Japan Wrap-Up

So that's it! Our ten day trip to Japan covered in four blog posts. A few final thoughts:Japan is awesome! There is no street crime,…
Travel: Osaka

Travel: Osaka

We came down the mountain from Koyasan and spent our last few days in Osaka. We were back at the same hotel as our first…
Travel: Koyasan

Travel: Koyasan

Another set of great reader suggestions led us to spend two nights at the Shojoshin Temple. Bobbi recommended Japanese Guest Houses as a source for…
Travel: Arashiyama

Travel: Arashiyama

Our friends who live in Japan, Alex and Mayumi, invited us to meet them in Arashiyama, a wooded neighborhood outside of Kyoto, for the Labor…
Travel: Kyoto

Travel: Kyoto

Our 10 day trip to Japan included three distinct cities in Kansai: Osaka (huge), Kyoto (medium, like San Francisco) and Koyasan (tiny). After arriving in…
We’re back!

We’re back!

What an amazing trip! 10 days in Japan now seems more like a few months of vacation. So many temples, restaurants, shops, trees, monkeys....all of…