Making it Up As I Go

Pronounced Ka-wa-go-way, this city is about 30 minutes outside of the north of Tokyo. It took us about an hour to get there by train, but it was worth it. We went to see the Kita-in Temple, forgetting that it… Read more ›

Akihabara is the section of Tokyo dedicated to otaku (geek) culture.  Stores full of manga and anime (and associated merchandise), computer gear, cameras and all sorts of gadgets- it’s seriously awesome. I knew we were in the right place when… Read more ›

Yesterday we took a boat trip up the Sumida River, from Hinode Pier to Asakusa. On the way we went under 15 different bridges- all of them different. I’ll only show you my favorites. 🙂 This window is in the… Read more ›

For New Years Eve we decided to go out to Odaiba. We’ve been there before (remember the Statue of Liberty?), but there was a bunch that we didn’t get to do when we were there. So we got off at… Read more ›

On Friday we were scheduled to come back to Tokyo on the RomanceCar, but we decided to see if there were any seats available on the Shinkansen, or bullet train. And there were. So we took it. 🙂 The girls… Read more ›

Thursday morning we woke up early to set off on our day of adventure. After we had some breakfast we did a little exploring of the hotel grounds, and Zoe discovered that her weeks long wish had finally come true-… Read more ›

After we checked into our hotel, we took the train further up the mountain to the extremely fun to say Chokoku-no-mori to go to the Hakone Open Air Museum. It’s a huge area on a number of sloping hills, and… Read more ›

On Wednesday morning we boarded the Super Hakone Limited Express RomanceCar 13 to head out to Hakone National Park. We saw Mt. Fuji out the window on the way. The trip took about 90 minutes.   When we got to… Read more ›

I will admit upfront that this post is mainly for Grandmas and Aunties (and Grandpas and Uncles) missing two little girls. But the rest of you can enjoy it too. 🙂 For Christmas we decided to focus on Japanese toys… Read more ›