Epilogue – Day 18
May 2 – Tokyo We woke up a little earlier for breakfast. Today’s faire was….actually, not sure. It was like they threw a whole mix of cultures into a pot and served it to us. There was one Japanese bit, some Cantonese, some Indian, some Italian? Some Singaporean….I guess since this was an airport hotel […]
Day 17 – 108 Buddahs & First Class
May 1, Sendai I can’t believe it. It feels both like we’ve been here forever, and also like we just got here. We started the day bright early from our capsule hotel and man while I did have some crazy dreams, (Probably the fault of the previous night’s pizza) I really got a good sleep […]
Day 16 – The Art of God & Man
April 30, Kawaguchiko, Tokyo Last day in our Ryokan. It was definitely one of my favorite stops. We opened the massive window one last time, letting in the Lake view and bright sunlight. Onto breakfast, and then to finish packing up. The hotel held our big bags and we took a quick walk to the […]
Day 15 – Boys to Men
April 29, Fuji-Q Highlands Ahh. It’s a beautiful, clear day at the base of Fujisan. A perfectly warm day. We wake up and have a leisurely breakfast at our Ryokan. I had some bread, which I know doesn’t sound exciting, but I can only eat foreign bread without getting sick, so this was a treat. […]
Day 14 – Tori Gates, Ekiben, and Happy Little Mistakes
April 28, Kyoto, Kawaguchiko Travel day! We woke up kinda early to go hike the Inari gates. That place gets super crowded in the afternoon/late morning so we decided going early would be best. Still. There were a lot of people even at 7:30 in the morning. So we navigated through them and began our […]
Day 13 – Tea, Kaiseki and Bamboo
April 27, Kyoto Today, is Japanese to ceremony! Only one station up, we took a train directly into a heart of Gion and headed to our time slot. Upon arrival, they separated us from the boys and put us in kimono. This was actually a process. There were so many layers and so many different […]
Day 12 – Cup Noodle, Kobe Beef and Tako Tamago
April 26, Osaka Today, we said goodbye to our apartment above Dotombori. Woke up a little early to finish packing, went to the konbini for breakfast for the last time and to pick up a little. We navigated to our train and headed to the Cup noodles Museum Elijah favorite food is instant ramen, so […]
Day 11 – The Future, Sustainability and Art
April 25, Osaka Today was another light day. We woke up late, did some laundry and some light packing. Our last full day at our Dotombori apartment. The boys went downstairs to konbini to get some breakfast while Juli and I just chilled. Afterwards, the boys and I headed to the Expo.Since we came later […]
Day 10 – Ring Around the Expo
April 24, Osaka It was a super chill day start for us. We woke up naturally, took our time getting ready, I finished blogging and catching up on some work while Elijah made music and Julie started playing tears of the Kingdom. She went out to go get breakfast and snacks from the company downstairs […]
Day 9 – Mario, Dinos and City Streets
April 23, Osaka Another fun day at USJ! We wanted to rope drop the other rides before fast passes, so we woke up early again and made our way to the park. Well, we tried. About two stops later, Elijah realized that he forgot his phone. Nate realized he forgot his band. He wouldn’t be […]