Sunday morning, getting ready to check out of the Tokyo hotel, on the final leg to the US. Continue reading “Asakusa, Akihabara, and a couple of boats to Odaiba”
Category: serious things
These things are serious.
Made it to Tokyo!
Well, we started the day off in rainy Yokohama, without much plan except to check out of the hotel and kill some time before going to Tokyo to check into the next hotel… Continue reading “Made it to Tokyo!”
Mount Fuji? What Mount Fuji?
Good Thursday morning from cloudy, rainy Yokohama. Yesterday’s excursion to see Mount Fuji ended up being rained out, but not before we got most of the way there. Continue reading “Mount Fuji? What Mount Fuji?”
A good day in Matsushima!
Well, today went extremely well, Darrell and I had a good day walking around Matsushima. Continue reading “A good day in Matsushima!”
Adventures in Miyagi Prefecture…
Well, today, Monday, was a not good day that at least ended okay. The key thing I learned, pay attention to which baggage compartment you put your suitcase in, and make sure you’re not sleep-deprived when you do. Continue reading “Adventures in Miyagi Prefecture…”
Adventures in Aomori Prefecture!
Well, Darrell and I are back from a long journey through part of Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan). Continue reading “Adventures in Aomori Prefecture!”
Hachinohe he kimasu…
Means “we’re in Hachinohe”. We rode one of the shinkansen (bullet trains) from Ueno up to Hachinohe, which took about 3 1/2 hours. We had to take a non-JR train from Narita to Ueno because of a tragic accident on the JR line. Apparently someone jumped in front of a train committing suicide. Very bad, and unfortunately very common.
Continue reading “Hachinohe he kimasu…”We made it!
My brother and I are now in Japan! (well, we’ve been here for some time, but I didn’t have Internet access because I forgot my cable 🙁 )
Continue reading “We made it!”