It’s time to switch gears from modern, pop Tokyo to ancient, spiritual Kyoto. Kyoto was Japan’s capital until the end of the shogun feudal period when the Emperor consolidated power and moved to Tokyo in 1869. It remains the biggest…
Japan Day 8 – An earthquake in my bank account and the bullet train to Kyoto
I wake up and check my bank accounts and call the front desk. The damage is a lot, but not as bad as I thought. How did I mistake that? In my head I was paying 10,900 yen a…
Japan Day Six and Seven: Dad gets scared at Tokyo Disney
Lily is already bouncing as we leave our airbnb apartment and take the difficult 3-change metro journey to Tokyo Disney where we will spend the next two days. She reminds us, nicely, that she hasn’t been to a disneyland resort…
Japan Day Five: Where the fuck is Mt. Fuji and interactive pee games.
Alone among old three story apartments, The Tokyo Sky Tree erupts out of the neighborhoods of Tokyo that were once the red light district and sill the Sumo wrestling center of the universe. It’s to some an eyesore, and to…
Japan Day Four: A loyal Akita and the geek Mecca
For all the shopping we did yesterday, we came away with very little cool loot. Ok we scored several sushi candy making kits but no clothes, and we have to come back from Japan with clothes, right? I mean,…