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Japan Summary

Hello Family and Friends, We have very much enjoyed our time in Japan. Japan is unashamedly itself. It is like nowhere else we have visited. I don't think we will be moving here. Because it is so proud of being who it is, it doesn't really make room for difference. And we would be very different in Japan. Don't want to stand out that much in a place I call home. Visiting the golden palace in Kyoto. Food: B+ Food was amazing. I wouldn't say there was a lot of variety of food,

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Japan Summary

Hello Family and Friends, We have very much enjoyed our time in Japan. Japan is unashamedly itself. It is like nowhere else we have visited. I don't think we will be moving here. Because it is so proud of being who it is, it doesn't really make room for difference. And we would be very different in Japan. Don't want to stand out that much in a place I call home. Visiting the golden palace in Kyoto. Food: B+ Food was amazing. I wouldn't say there was a lot of variety of food,

Osaka (Take 2), Fukuoka and Hiroshima Japan - Week 6 & 7

Hello Family and Friends, As it is our second time in Osaka, I'm officially calling Osaka the underground city. I do believe that you can get through most of downtown with a combination of underground tunnels and overhead bridges. For example, we got 7,000 steps and never touched the ground outside. That was just going from one hotel to another hotel about 5 blocks away. I'll be honest, part of those steps is that we were a little lost and did walk in at least one circle. And

Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan - Week 5 (From Florida to Japan)

Hello Family and Friends, We had a very good friend from Florida fly all the way to Japan for a little visit. Mary Brandon and me have a full Japanese experience. Mary Brandon and her family are very good friends from Destin. Her daughter, Sammy Jo, and Nathaniel were great friends. They rode the school bus together every afternoon and the bus drivers were already planning their wedding. Nathaniel's first day starting in SammyJo's class. This is the second time that Mary Bran

Tokyo & Osaka, Japan - Week 4

Hello Family and Friends, We have settled into being a little less touristy since my mom and sister left us. Did some laundry, well, not exactly. Found a wash and fold place to do laundry for us. This took us out of the touristy area of Tokyo and into a more livable neighborhood. I was commenting to Brett that this particular area feels like a place I could live. We were still in Shinjuku just away from the central park and the hotels. Then I saw Burger King on one side of th

Tokyo, Japan - Week 3 (Karuizawa and more Tokyo)

Hello Family and Friends, The onsen is a Japanese public bath house. It is a historically cultural practice in Japan to bathe all together. However, influence from the west has created separate bath house for men and women. We were in Karuizawa for our (either first of many or only?) onsen experience. The view from the train on our way to Karuizawa. We were there for two days and I went to the onsen four times. I absolutely loved the onsen! It was my sister's idea and I didn'

Tokyo, Japan - Week 1-2 (Shinjuku, Shibuya and Kyoto)-Week 1

Hello Family and Friends, We have arrived in Japan! Checking into our first hotel. Atlas didn't make it from the airport to the hotel. The first three days we stayed in Shinjuku, Brett was super sick and I don't think he left the hotel room. So Atlas and I explored Shinjuku. We were staying next to Shinjuku Central Park and it had an excellent playground. Checking out the turtles in Shinjuku Central Park I love it when Atlas can challenge himself both physically and mentally.

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