Nara 2019: Todaiji Temple (東大寺)
Up in the northern part of Nara Park is the city’s largest and most popular tourist attraction, Todaiji Temple. The main approach to Todaiji is…
Naha 2019: Guardian Lions (Shisa)
If you visit Naha, or just about anywhere on Okinawa, you’re bound to see small statues of guardian lions. These lions are called Shisa and…
Busan 2019: Gamcheon Culture Village (부산 감천문화마을)
From Busan Tower I walked down to the area nearby the Jagalchi metro station to catch one of the green minibuses that run from there…
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Kamakura 2017: The Great Buddha (鎌倉大仏)
While I was staying in Tokyo I did a day trip down to the coastal town of Kamakura. My top priority while I was there…
Florence 2018: Piazza della Signoria
After we had settled down in our Florence apartment we set out to take a walk through the city. One of the first places we…
Rome 2018: Getting Comfortable with Chaos
Today’s post is the first of my Italy 2018 travelogue stories. The remaining four travelogue posts will be published before the end of March. My…
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Rome 2018: Borghese Gallery
One morning my parents and I got up early and took a bus across town to the Borghese Gallery, an art museum housed in an…
Rome 2018: National Museum of Rome (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme)
For our last bit of sightseeing of the day, we went to the branch of the National Museum of Rome that’s next to Termini Station…
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