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
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
After exiting the Iwaya Caves I came across Enoshima’s love bell. Couples that visit here will ring the love bell together and then put their…
Continue reading → Enoshima 2019 (November visit): Love Bell
Down on the southern shore of Enoshima is a long stretch of flat rocks at the water’s edge. On calm days visitors can walk around…
Continue reading → Enoshima 2019 (November visit): The southern shore
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
One of the joys of travel is stumbling upon things you weren’t looking for. After taking a Yamanote Line train to Tokyo Station I somehow…