2025 Year-End Travel Wrap-Up
What can I say about travel in 2025? With the current horror show in the U.S., each trip was a … Continue reading 2025 Year-End Travel Wrap-Up
Category: Japan
A Trip Through Japan: Thoughts, a Recap, and Thanks
I love Japan. I knew I would even before I visited this ancient, amazing land, but I couldn’t have guessed … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Thoughts, a Recap, and Thanks
A Trip Through Japan: Hiroshima, Day 2 (March 27) – A Restorative Visit to Miyajima
Talk about ending on a high note. After yesterday’s devastatingly sad visit to the Peace Memorial Park and Museum, today’s … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Hiroshima, Day 2 (March 27) – A Restorative Visit to Miyajima
A Trip Through Japan: Hiroshima, Day 1 (March 26, 2025) – “Make Peace Together”
Three times during my travels, I have visited places that reduced me to tears. The first time: August 2018 in … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Hiroshima, Day 1 (March 26, 2025) – “Make Peace Together”
A Trip Through Japan: Kyoto, Days 2 and 3 (March 24-25)
Kyoto, Day 2 I have been remiss. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know I try to … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Kyoto, Days 2 and 3 (March 24-25)
A Trip Through Japan: Kyoto, Day One (March 23)
When you’re a word nerd like me (just one of my manifold nerdly interests), you wonder whether there is any … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Kyoto, Day One (March 23)
A Trip Through Japan: Kanazawa, March 22)
Kanazawa – its name means “marsh of gold” – is a cultural powerhouse packed into a medium-sized city bordering the … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Kanazawa, March 22)
A Trip Through Japan: Shirakawa-Go, Gokayama, Kanazawa
The route from Takayama to Kanazawa winds through cedar-clad, snow-blanketed mountains – and when I say “through,” that’s exactly what … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Shirakawa-Go, Gokayama, Kanazawa
A Trip Through Japan: Takayama, March 19-20
Yesterday, we woke in Hakone to a snow squall that left the trees and hillsides coated in confectioner’s sugar. After … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Takayama, March 19-20
A Trip Through Japan: Mount Fuji and Hakone National Park (March 18)
I’m not a religious person, but I have animist leanings. I find it comforting to believe that all things, both … Continue reading A Trip Through Japan: Mount Fuji and Hakone National Park (March 18)
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