I have never dealt well with loss and death. When I was planning my wedding two years ago, I had a hard time dealing with the fact that my grandmother, who passed away in my teen years, would not be there. Even though she had been gone for […]
Earlier this year, I visited Japan in the high heat of summer with my little brother, cousin, and husband. Thus far, I have published all our highlights from the trip, in terms of which cities and sites we visited. This post is more of a summary and reflection […]
Due to the travel issues discussed in my two previous posts, we lost two nights and one day in Hiroshima. This meant that we had to combine our two day itinerary into one day. This, after climbing Mount Fuji, nearing the end of our vacation, and spending all […]
Nikko is a town at the entrance of Nikko national park and has Japan’s oldest bridge and most lavishly decorated shrine. It is also the town where I had the fanciest and tastiest meal of my life. We went to Nikko as a day trip from Tokyo and […]
Yokohama means horizontal beach in Japanese. It was named for how the fishing village / beach looked from out at sea. Today, it is Japan’s largest city and that horizonatl beach is one of its main ports. As it is about a 30 minute train ride from Tokyo, […]
As Seen By Jane 