Tag Archives: Japan Trip

Sunday morning, getting ready to check out of the Tokyo hotel, on the final leg to the US. 

Well, we started the day off in rainy Yokohama, without much plan except to check out of the hotel and kill some time before going to Tokyo to check into the next hotel…

Good Thursday morning from cloudy, rainy Yokohama.  Yesterday’s excursion to see Mount Fuji ended up being rained out, but not before we got most of the way there.

Well, today went extremely well, Darrell and I had a good day walking around Matsushima.

Well, today, Monday, was a not good day that at least ended okay. The key thing I learned, pay attention to which baggage compartment you put your suitcase in, and make sure you’re not sleep-deprived when you do.

Well, Darrell and I are back from a long journey through part of Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan).

Means “we’re in Hachinohe”.  We rode one of the shinkansen (bullet trains) from Ueno up to Hachinohe, which took about 3 1/2 hours.  We had to take a non-JR train from Narita to Ueno because of a tragic accident on the JR line.  Apparently someone jumped in front of a… Continue reading →

My brother and I are now in Japan! (well, we’ve been here for some time, but I didn’t have Internet access because I forgot my cable 🙁 )