Yep, we aren’t alone! We are always asking people to come travel with us, and Meg’s cousin Haley was able to meet up and see Kyoto with us. Haley had done some study abroad here 20 years ago, so she was able to show us some of her favorite places, while she took a trip…
Tag: Japan
Kanazawa, Japan
Our next stop on our Japan adventure was Kanazawa. It is another midsize city that has enough attractions for 1-2 days but we took it leisurely and spent 4 nights. We are getting into a Japanese traveling routine. We start our day by me going to the 7-11 or Family Mart and getting some food…
Matsumoto, Japan
We deliberately planned a smaller city to be out next stop after Tokyo. Matsumoto only has around 240,000 people and most tourists skip it or just spend 1 night. It really only has enough attractions for 1 or 2 nights but we don’t travel that way. We planned 4 nights in Matsumoto to give us…
Tokyo, Japan
Yep, after Australia we are going to another new country for us- Japan. Technically, it isn’t new because we have stayed here on layovers before, but this is our first REAL visit. We found direct business class flights using credit card points, so it was an easy 7.5 hours from Cairns, Australia to Tokyo. We…
Go where it is warm…. or HOT!
We spent December in Seattle and it was great seeing our friends and family but we got tired of the cold and rain pretty quick. We were really ready to get somewhere where we didn’t need a raincoat to walk to the grocery store. Southeast Asia seemed like the perfect place to start 2023. First…