Ah winter in Japan such a lovely time of year-if you’re in the right city. I’ll be honest Nagoya doesn’t have much of a winter. Sure do they call it the winter season and do the Japanese break out everything from fancy fur coats to long johns? Most definitely! But it really hasn’t been that…
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Nagano Prefecture: Ryokan, Skiing, & Monkeys Oh My!
First and foremost Happy 31st Birthday to my hubby!! It was all in celebration to him that we found ourselves in Nagano this past weekend. I had been bouncing ideas back and forth on where to celebrate John’s first birthday in Japan, and the infamous prefecture of Nagano kept coming to the forefront, so to…
New Zealand Road Trippin’ Part 2: The South Island
“The south island is said be God’s paradise” -Nigel a Kiwi pub owner on the north island Before we even made it half way down the north island, we started to meet Kiwi’s that would ask if we were planning to visit the south island, almost like they would be offended if we didn’t. Of course our plan…
New Zealand Road Trippin’ Part 1: The North Island
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings I had to throw in a Lord of the Rings quote because well duh we just…
Mount Koya & Koyasan: A Visit to Holy Japan
Besides the obvious differences between the United States and Japan, religion is probably one of the ones that is most prevalent. To be quite honest there are many temples and shrines in this country, but as a whole Japan is not that religious. Not compared to the United States, where I think the majority of…
I SEOUL U: 72 Hours in South Korea
“Is this so hard? Walk in and eat delicious food, and get hammered in the street? Being Korean is pretty awesome.” -Anthony Bourdain Of course one of the major benefits of life in Japan is travel, specifically the ease of travel. We hop on a plane and an hour and 45 minutes later we are…
#BP Does Japan: A Visit from Family Part 1
I have been thinking a lot lately about how I wanted to document the moments and exciting places that I get to go to with each one of my visitors, but I didn’t want to bore everyone with a million blog posts on the same things. However, I thought to myself that each trip will…
Tips on Visiting Us in Japan
Pretty soon John and I will have a few months worth of friends and family visiting us here in Japan. Starting the beginning of October and going into the New Year. We are so excited to have such wonderful family and friends that are willing to make the journey to literally the other side of…
The Japanese Tradition of Sumo相撲
Alright, who honestly hasn’t heard of Sumo? Let’s face it, it’s maybe one of the most well known sports to come out of Japan. It’s rich with Japanese culture, tradition, and screams the strict, structured lifestyle, that I’ve come to learn as very Japanese. Of course this was something that we needed to see for…
The Tokyo Episode: A Weekend Trip to Japan’s Most Bizarre and Fasicinating City
“I often compare the experience of going to Japan for the first time, going to Tokyo for the first time to what Eric Clapton and Pete Townsend — the reigning guitar gods of England at the time — must have gone through the week that Jimi Hendrix came to town.” ~Anthony Bourdain Tokyo is everything that…
Our Indonesian Adventure in Breathtaking, Blissful, Beautiful, Bali
*Warning picture overload! Can someone pinch me? Seriously, how did I get this lucky to be able to travel to such remote parts of the world? I’m not sure I have an answer to that question, but I will sure as heck take part in these opportunities to travel like we have been. Bali is…
Climbing Mt. Fuji 山富士, One Big Yama!
I will note this will be a long post, but the pictures are totally worth it! “He who climbs Mt. Fuji is a wise man; he who climbs twice is a fool.” -Japanese Proverb No worries, there will be no fools here. Where do I even begin to talk about our epic journey to Mt. Fuji’s…
Operation Wanderlust 