Return to Japan 2022
Preface As most people have noticed, the last three years were, to put it bluntly, a shit show. A tiny pandemic swept across the planetContinue Reading
Preface As most people have noticed, the last three years were, to put it bluntly, a shit show. A tiny pandemic swept across the planetContinue Reading
With Japan’s borders re-opening in October, it was pretty much a given that my first major trip since the pandemic would be back to Japan.Continue Reading
I remember as a kid having to sneak downstairs at 5am Saturday morning in order to watch the Dragon Quest anime on television. We’ve comeContinue Reading
With the world still a smoldering dumpster fire and, um…other changes that have occurred in my life, traveling anywhere this year doesn’t really seem toContinue Reading
NOTE: These past trips to Japan, it was hard not to notice the massive increase in tourism to the country. Which is a good thing!Continue Reading
NOTE: This is an accumulated set of information that I’ve sent to friends for decades now. It reads like an email to friends because that’sContinue Reading
Aside from looking at my photos to bring me back to past trips, the other aspect that I’m positive others do too is ingraining aContinue Reading
I made it a point to hit up DJ Bar Bridge in Shibuya after watching this video. We arrived a bit after dinner hours whenContinue Reading
A two week grand tour to show my friend the sights and sounds and alcohol of Japan. So much alcohol. The food was delicious too.Continue Reading
Grand tour around Japan with friends! My friend was taking a trip to Japan again to see her family, and I told her if sheContinue Reading
2018 was turning into a pretty rough year, so I took a last-minute trip to Tokyo to more or less run away from my problems.Continue Reading
I’m always looking for any excuse to take a trip to Tokyo. So when my friend said that she was going to Tokyo again andContinue Reading
music – Clammbon – Folklore A good chunk of my trip to Japan in 2011 was spent shooting time-lapses to make this video for myself.Continue Reading
And now for adventures in Ice Cream City! Ice Cream City is (was) in Namja Town in Ikebukuro. It’s since been replaced by normal dessertContinue Reading
With all my trips to Japan ever being awesome, and my last trip there being especially awesome, this trip had to live up to three priorContinue Reading
My trip to China didn’t fully satisfy my travel needs, so I was mulling over whether I should take another trip somewhere before the endContinue Reading
NOTE: This post is based on my original blog entry. Day 1 While this was my third trip to Tokyo, this was “technically” my firstContinue Reading
The vacation all other vacations are compared to. And while I already had a fascination with Tokyo by this point, this trip was the tripContinue Reading
The soundtrack to the 2006 trip. There’s the obligatory City Girl by Kevin Shields; I was playing that as we made our way to ourContinue Reading
HIGHLIGHTS | The Park Hyatt Hotel in Shinjuku is…wow. I feel like royalty. 47 floors up in the air in a hi-tech room with a 42-inchContinue Reading
My first trip back to Japan since college was a business trip for a trade show at the Tokyo Big Sight. Incidentally, the last timeContinue Reading
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