Tragedy struck: Kingussie is pronounced King-YOU-see and not kin-GUSSIE. I am still going to say it like the King’s bussy…
Nothing beats the unparalleled rest you achieve when you must rise unusually early, lest you miss a flight. I had…
I usually really like planning trips, but every so often, if I’m going to a country I’ve been to before,…
Tokyo: the last leg of our trip. It’s always refreshing to spend some time visiting my old favorite spots, finding…
In Nikko, we are doing something I have always wanted to do: staying at a traditional onsen ryokan (hot spring…
Rhett has picked his word to represent Japan: meticulous. Many shared public spaces that are designated as culturally important or…
On the train from Takayama to Kanazawa, Rhett confessed to me that Japan has more mountains than he thought. Sir,…
It’s around this point in a trip (or sooner) that I begin to miss my heated toilet seats. Not on…
One of the things this trip has revived in me is my hatred of American city zoning laws (as any…
I have been somewhat obsessing over all the exciting trains we will get to ride on this trip. Today is…