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Asia

The largest continent, and the one we’ve seen the smallest percentage of. We hope to change that very soon.

Miyajima island

For our very last day in Japan, we headed out to Itsukushima island, better known as Miyajima. The island is home to several shrines and temples, a lot of deer,…

Hiroshima

After Kyoto we made one more stop before heading home. We spent two days in the western Honshu city of Hiroshima. Famous for its role in ending the second world…

Wandering Osaka

After we left the aquarium we headed into the central part of town. Osaka had a lot to offer and it was already mid-afternoon when we left the aquarium. Here’s…

Osaka Aquarium

Osaka, Japan’s second largest city, is only a short train ride from Kyoto. We spent a full day there in the middle of our Kyoto stay. We started our tour…

Last days in Kyoto

For our last few days in Kyoto we saw some bamboo, a castle, more shrines, and a preserved street.

Kiyomizu-dera & the Philosopher’s Walk

As much as that may sound like a Harry Potter knockoff, it’s really the names of two places in eastern Kyoto where we walked one day. Kiyomizu is a neighborhood…

Kyoto

After five days in the megalopolis of Tokyo, we rode west to the old imperial capital city of Kyoto. A tenth the size of the current capital, Kyoto is extremely…

Shibuya and Shinjuku

Tokyo has two well-known nightlife districts that attract locals and tourists by the droves. We spent about the same amount of time in each, but I took many more photos…

Shrines

In our week in Tokyo we visited four shrines, each of which featured something different. We saw pagodas short and tall, smelled incense mild and strong, and walked alone or…

Tokyo

After some fifteen years of trying, we finally made it to Japan. We started in Tokyo and stayed in the Nihonbashi neighborhood near Ginza. Our hotel was across the street…