OVERVIEW During our five-day stay in Kyoto we were using it as a home base from which to see some
Month: December 2018
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #37 – KYOTO
After three days of exploration and fun I checked out of my fancy pants hotel in Shizuoka, and headed for
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #36 – SHIZUOK0
Inna and I parted at the Tokyo Central Train Station where she caught the train to Narita Airport and then
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #35 – TRANSIT 101
I could provide no greater travel service than to teach you how to travel by train and bus in Japan.
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #34 – DRUGS
The Japanese have some of the harshest drug laws in the world. The US State Department warns of how
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #33 – ALL THE FISH IN THE SEA
Traveling to Japan is relentlessly weird. Our body clocks were out of whack for the first few days from horrific
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #32 – MAN PURSES
The Japanese are very fashion conscious. Clothes make the man or woman. You are what you look like. And the
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #31 – TILE
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Japanese architecture — other than the shrines, temples, and the occasional super rich guy’s