We took a day trip down to Yokohama to visit Amy’s grandparents. I’d say, it was one of the best meals I had in Japan. It was great to see a real Japanese home and kick back some sake with Ojiisan Endo.
Delicious home-cooked food. Fun at the izakaya. Late [...]
I know my posting came to a stand still, but I took some time tonight to upload my photos from Tokyo. After Matsumoto, Steven and I headed back south to a warmer Tokyo. There, we met up Angela and a couple hours later some other folks joined the fun! More photos [...]
From modern Osaka, Steven and I headed north toward Nagano to Matsumoto where we got a much more authentic experience at the Muramyo Ryokan. Before you ask “Why Charles did you end up going to Matsumoto?”, the answer is simple. When planning the trip, we googled “samurai castles” and Matsumoto Castle is the [...]
Happy New Years! To help bring in the new year, some more Japan photos…
From Kyoto, we headed to Himeji for the day to check out the castle there and then back to a modern Osaka. Here are a few things we took away from these two cities.
Japanese castles are seriously amazing. [...]