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…
We slept in alllll the way til 4am today. Wow. Amazing. At this rate, I’ll be back on track in…
It’s finally happening: the rescheduled 2020 Japan trip! As I am cheap, after airfare refused to cooperate in 2022 for…
I have assassinated the internet in our Air B&B with my download of Pokemon Moon and upload of a billion…
Osaka is mirror world Tokyo: people stand on the right side of the elevators, walk up the other side of…
Today was our last time on the shinkansen for this trip, and naturally it would be the time I screwed…
Overnight, it rained a very serious sort of Japanese rain, leaving the laundry on the balcony we thought we were…
My brain has taken a few days to reboot properly into Japanese mode. After two full days, it at least felt like…
For an excellent lesson in life’s futilities, look no further than the groundskeepers of each of Kyoto’s shrines, temples, and parks…