Midtown and the Met
We had never been to the Met museum before, so to avoid some weekend rains we made it in stayed for several hours. We also wandered around Central Park the…
We had never been to the Met museum before, so to avoid some weekend rains we made it in stayed for several hours. We also wandered around Central Park the…
It had been over a decade since either of us had visited New York, so for a long weekend in late September we hit the big apple. It was only…
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,…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…