Japan

Welcome to my journal of my adventures in Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun. Hugs and Kisses your way! TOodles! Rachel

... home to the most impressive sights of the trip, then Osaka was certainly the culinary high point. Despite the popular image of Japan as a largely homogenous society, the truth is that strong regional identities and cultures persist in the face of ...

... , this dwindled our stack of cash down to only a 50000 yen note (about 50 bucks) and the only places that take cards in Japan are hotels, and we still had two more nights in Nago and another night in Tokyo before heading home.  All food, activities, ...

... . Crossing Shikoku was a fantastically gorgeous day of bright sun, very small rural roads (finally found an unpopulated section of Japan!!), gorgeous forests with rushing rivers, and hellish 1500-2000ft climbs. We even found a down hill ski area at the ...