Travels July 15, 2014 Staycation Japan has a lot to offer in terms of sightseeing. With Tokyo nearby, we’ve overlooked some of the local sights.
Daily Life July 1, 2014 Things We Eat: Dining Out Edition We had a couple breakthroughs in our eating out adventures in the last couple weeks. I’ve mentioned before that
Travels June 17, 2014 Fukuoka While in Japan, we’re hoping to take advantage of our ability to see some different parts of the world.
Travels June 9, 2014 Plum Rain Monsoon season is officially upon us. There’s been a glorious break in the rain this morning after four straight
Travels May 26, 2014 Sanja Matsuri (Three Shrines Festival) Japanese shrines are impressive, but there’s a sense of “you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all.” Small, local shrines
Travels May 26, 2014 Island Time As I’ve mentioned before, getting around without a smartphone in Japan requires a lot of planning. Before heading somewhere
Daily Life May 10, 2014 Supeingo Supeingo is “Spanish” in katakana, which is the set of Japanese characters for foreign words. To my untrained ear,
Travels May 2, 2014 Chiyoda, Tokyo Dome City and Shibuya at Night Another weekend, another Tokyo adventure. This time we set our sights on Chiyoda, home to the Imperial Palace, the
Travels April 25, 2014 Harajuku Tokyo provides a lot of opportunity for tourism, shopping… your typical big-city stuff. But, the gems of a city
Daily Life April 20, 2014 “What’s in Japan?” People have asked, Why did you move to Japan? Where are you? What are you doing? We have been
