Japan-Korea 2019: The journey is over!
It’s taken over 2.5 years, but I’ve finally finished chronicling my 2019 journey across Japan and Korea. Originally I had thought it would only take…
It’s taken over 2.5 years, but I’ve finally finished chronicling my 2019 journey across Japan and Korea. Originally I had thought it would only take…
After nearly 3 months of wandering around Japan and Korea, it was finally time to return to America. My 2019 trip had been an epic…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Leaving Japan
It was time for my final meal in Japan and I was going to go out in style. A minute north of Shibuya Station there’s…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): My final meal in Japan
I woke up on my final day in Tokyo and had some trouble getting out of bed. The journey across Japan and Korea would be…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): One last round
I got back to Tokyo after dark and headed over to Mori Tower at Roppongi Hills to visit its observation deck. During my first trek…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019 (November visit): Roppongi Hills Observation Deck
Near the giant Godzilla head in Shinjuku I noticed a Krispy Kreme store. It had been years since I had visited a Krispy Kreme in…
In Shinjuku you can find Godzilla peaking its head over the top of the Hotel Gracery. The building also houses a Toho Cinemas, which is…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019: Godzilla head and Godzilla Store
The main event for my third night in Tokyo was a show at the Tokyo Robot Restaurant. Located about a quarter mile northeast of Shinjuku…
I had a reservation for a show in Shinjuku, which will be the subject of a post next week, but I had some spare time…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (November visit)
I arrived at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo intending to take a walk through the palace’s East Gardens but when I got to the eastern…
Continue reading → Tokyo 2019: Imperial Palace Daijokyu Complex