Ahhh, Japan. My love since middle school and my home for almost five years. My favorite things about Japan include okonomiyaki, shrines and temples, festivals, functioning public transport, and the excessive bowing. Read more below!
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...
Ready for a hike? This beautiful shrine is located on a hill, with over 1000 steps to the top! If you make it up these stairs, you’ll be rewarded with great views and the chance to see the resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu! History Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first leader of the Tokugawa...
In America, I always celebrated the new year with platters of meat and cheese, sitting on the couch and watching the ball drop on TV. That’s a liiiitle bit hard to do in the middle-of-the-countryside Japan, so this year, I celebrated in traditional Japanese fashion: hatsumode and...
After we finished lounging around in Tamagawa Onsen, we drove another 30 minutes to check out Goshogake Onsen. Like Tamagawa, Goshogake has a volcanic field you can explore. However, its abundance of boiling mud meant it was a completely different experience. As soon as we cleared the...
When I read about Tamagawa Onsen online, it said that it is not usually a tourist destination, but more a destination for people with illnesses and conditions they wish to be cured. The water has special properties and is home to rocks said to help cure a variety of things. We decided to...