Japan Big In Japan Me. It's all about me. For the first time ever, I'm in every photo in this post with many photos.
golden pavillion Kyoto Day 2 - After Inari After the shrine, Jenn, Dad and I joined back up with Mom and John to go visit a castle right in the middle of Kyoto, 二条城 (ni-jyou-jyou, 'Second Street Castle' -- I'll just
japan journey Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine 伏見稲荷大社 After a full day of Kyoto tourism on day one, day two found my dad, Jenn, and myself up a bit earlier than Mom and John who wanted to get a bit
Ginkakuji Kyoto - The Silver Pavillion 銀閣寺 After Kiyomizu and a spot of lunch at a cute little cafe we went off to our last major tourist destination for the day. This time around it was somewhere I'd never
japan journey Pure Water Temple 清水寺 Our first day in Kyoto was hardly going to end with just one spectacular site. In fact, I'm sure as the day went on we all began to wonder if it would
japan journey 三十三間堂 My family made it to Japan, and after a night of rest we set out to see Kyoto. Kyoto, and the region around it, Kansai, is sightseeing central. The first thing we saw
hiroshima Highlights from Limbo Weeks of travel with family and friends across what felt like all of Japan ended three days ago when I finally arrived back home in Sendai. Since then I've been anxiously getting things
backcountry All Tomorrow's Parties If you need audio to go with this post, listen to the track at the bottom of this post on NPR Music. Not that I feel it particularly fits my content, but hey.