SO, after we cleaned off all the maiko makeup we made our way to the last few sights in Kyoto that we intended to see. We already had a shinkansen ride scheduled back to Nagoya so it was just a matter of filling in our time. We walked from Studio Shiki towards Yasaka Jinja which […]

And on we went! We took a train to Kanazawa on the morning of April 29th. I slept most of the way there but mom & gramma took pictures and chatted. We had decided to go to Kanazawa because after Kyoto we had seen plenty of temples and shrines. Plus, Kanazawa is famous for handicrafts, […]

We started day two with the main intention of going to Kenrokuen, a famous garden in Kanazawa. And also to go check out Kanazawa Castle too. Of course we made a few stops along the way….click the pictures for further details!

And thus we finally left Kenrokuen Garden!! I know it seems like a lot […]

We woke up on day three to a spectacular view of the mountains in the distance and were really surprised to see snow on them!! We rounded out our Kanazawa trip with a stroll through the extremely fishy smelling morning (fish) market, a lovely stroll through the samurai village in the Naga-machi area, and […]

And right after mom & gramma left, the cherry blossoms started blooming! I went to a park near Toyota City called “Suigen” that has a bunch of cherry trees that are lit up after dark. And the house right across the street from the apartment had beautiful trees in their front yard. I hope they […]

On April 26th, my friend Sebastien arrived. He stayed until May 4th. We hung around Nagoya for a few days. Went to a neato motorcycle show in Nagoya port with tons of motorcycles, interesting Japanese people and live tatooing!! Then took a road trip across Shizouka prefecture, up into Yamanashi prefecture and around Mount Fuji. […]