Tag: history

Tohoku Tabi: Nebuta Matsuri (Aomori)

Tohoku Tabi: Nebuta Matsuri (Aomori)

A demon disguised as a beautiful woman, waiting to assassinate her former-prince lover under the cover of fall leaves ー a sorceress and her skeletal sidekick working together to avenge the murder of her father ー a boy with superhuman strength, raised by a mountain-witch, sumo-wrestling …

Tohoku Tabi: Itinerary

Tohoku Tabi: Itinerary

The itinerary that I planned for Tohoku is not a perfect and complete itinerary. It’s a fast-paced budget melange that I carefully planned to maximize saving money while accomplishing my own personal goals to: Visit every prefecture in Tohoku. Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, Aomori, Akita, and …

Tohoku Tabi: Prologue

Tohoku Tabi: Prologue

I moved to Japan in November 2014. When I first arrived here, I lived in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka which is a small city facing the Pacific Ocean and smack dab in the middle of honshu, the main island in Japan. Hamamatsu was the perfect hub for traveling …

Kusatsu Onsen Travel Guide

Kusatsu Onsen Travel Guide

Located deep within the mountains of Gunma prefecture, Kusatsu Onsen is a hot spring resort town that has waters rich in mineral content said to cure everything but love sickness! It is an easily do-able side trip from Tokyo, and I highly recommend coming if …

Kawagoe Travel Guide

Kawagoe Travel Guide

To check off January’s resolution requirement of going on a day trip, Andrew and I headed off to Kawagoe city in Saitama prefecture! Kawagoe had never been on my radar before- I blame my Tokyo elitism. “Saitama?! What could possibly be in Saitama?” I’ve actually …