Kanto

Travel Back in Time at the Yokohama Ramen Museum

The Yokohama Ramen Museum wasn’t on my radar when Hunter and I were brainstorming places to go to during our anniversary trip to Tokyo. I was fairly pre-occupied with my dreams of visiting the Ghibli Museum! So when Hunter suggested we go, I wasn’t very enthused. “The place has ramen. So...

The Rocks of Onioshidashi Park

This sprawling park at the foot of Mt. Asama (an active volcano) lets you walk on winding trails through a field of igneous rock. I have visited Onioshidashi Park twice, once in October 2018 and again in January 2020; the beauty of the strangely-shaped rocks and the majesty of the still...

A view of the merchant district in at Edo Wonderland

An Expedition to Edo Wonderland

Edo Wonderland is easily one of my favorite spots in Japan and a definite highlight of my trip to Nikko. The buildings, the shows, the clothes, AH. So great. I honestly didn’t think it would be as fun as it was, and by the time my friends and I left, we were still finding things we wanted...