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Travel Tips: When to Plan a Trip to Tokyo Disneyland and How to Optimize Your Time There
(Urayasu, Japan) Amidst a busy schedule in Japan meeting up with friends and family, Grant and I did manage to steal out for a day or two to do something on our own. We enjoy amusement parks, especial... Read More
Tokyo Eating On a Budget
Tokyo is a foodie’s paradise. There are lots of good quality food here, and not just Japanese cuisine. You can find good Thai, Italian, and Indian restaurants here. And it’s not just for peopl... Read More
Retro Fun at Japan’s Oldest Amusement Park
(Tokyo, Japan) Grant and I love amusement parks and if you’ve ever looked into theme parks to visit in Japan, there are many to choose from including Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea, the new Univers... Read More
Fancy to Casual: Nikka Blender’s Bar Whiskey Tasting and Torikizoku Dinner
(Omotesando and Asakusa, Japan) This evening was special because one of my best friends, J, from Hawaii visited Tokyo to see Grant and I. He brought his new girlfriend, I’ll call her JG for this pos... Read More
Visiting Paris in Japan
A longtime family friend is a photographer and owns a photography studio that he and his wife have put a lot of time and effort into. All of this has paid off as it is beautiful and set up just right ... Read More
Getting Our “Cuteness” On at the Hedgehog Cafe
(Tokyo, Japan) One of the interesting Japanese trends lately, which has been going on for the last couple of years, is the rise in animal-petting cafes. Yes it’s exactly what it sounds like! Usually... Read More
Restaurant Review: Getting Our Rice On at Kamameshi Haru
(Tokyo, Japan) Soon after making the Japanese wind chimes, I think my cousin thought I must have been missing authentic Japanese food during our European travels because she made a reservation at a re... Read More
Lessons in Glass Blowing
(Tokyo, Japan) Before the family emergency struck (see the last post), we enjoyed some time in Japan and got to do some awesome stuff. One of the things I’ve done in the past with my cousin M was ma... Read More