Travel Journals
Highlights from our favorite trips
Travel Journals
Highlights from our favorite trips
Travel Journals
Highlights from our favorite trips
Travel Journals
Highlights from our favorite trips
The New Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto
If Tokyo is the throbbing heart of Japan, then Kyoto might be the country’s soul of sorts: more serene and the center of Shinto-Buddhism. While a ‘soul’ is more enigmatic than a ‘heart,’ and there’s certainly a hustle and bustle in Kyoto, too; Kyoto...
My First Time in Japan
Most first-time visitors to Japan will most likely visit some combination of the following: Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Hakone and...
Winter in Japan
Akita International Airport is a one-hour flight from Tokyo, which is also accessible from about a three-hour ride via the...
Top Ten Travel Destinations in 2019
As the year and its holidays march forward, have you stopped to think: where should I go on my next...
Japan: Kanazawa & Samurai Heartland
Kanazawa is Japan’s largest castle town, an easy two-hour train ride from Kyoto. In the 16th century, its feudal rulers...
Japan: Nara & Uji
We left Osaka in the early afternoon and arrived in the bustling, contemporary Kyoto Station. Just riding up the multiple...
Japan: The Osaka Prelude
We began our Japan trip in Osaka, and returned from Tokyo. After arriving in the evening and checking in, we...
Japan: The Prequel
Japan is an amalgamation of sensory experiences that can rollick your core or offer moments of inner peacefulness. Japan made...