Akihabara: Tokyo, Japan Many people may not know this but I love anime and manga. It’s something that I grew with and never grew out of. There’s something about anime that…
One of the many things that I love about Japan are its convenience stores. Smaller than your typical gas station-sized store, the Japanese convenience stores pack quite a punch. Most…
Tsukiji Market: Tokyo, Japan We end our 3.75 day tour in Tokyo, and what better way to leave this country on a high but with the best sushi in the world.…
Ghibli Museum: Mitaka city, Japan As a huge anime fan, I am particularly fond of the Studio Ghibli movies, especially those produced by recently-retired Hayao Miyazaki. Needless to say, I had…
Iwatayama Monkey Park This is one of the things that I absolutely had to do while in Kyoto. Mind you, this is not for the faint of heart as the…
Togetsukyo Bridge After our little rendezvous at the Tenryuji Shrine and the bamboo groves, our next stop was across the river to the Iwatayama Monkey Park. However, on the way,…
Tenryuji Shrine: Kyoto, Japan I picked the Tenryuji Shrine mostly for a great photo opportunity that I couldn’t pass up on a trip to Japan. Those were the bamboo groves in…
Nishiki Market: Kyoto, Japan Being the adventurous foodie that I am, I of course sought out to find a night market in Kyoto, Japan. There really aren’t too many “night markets”;…
Fushimi Inari Shrine: Kyoto, Japan I picked this shrine in particular because I wanted to take pictures of the infamous red torii gates. It is located in front and partially…
The first night in Japan, I met up with an old high school friend that I hadn’t seen since, well high school. “Billy Dilly” was a year older than me,…
