A Travel Blog
And so we arrived at departure day, a day full of warnings about Super Typhoons and the subsequent cancellation of World Cup rugby matches. We were a little anxious, but our research suggested that the typhoon would not hit Tokyo until Saturday, many hours after our Friday 8:05pm scheduled departure. Still, we were relieved to … Read more
I’ll start today’s post with the important stuff – a report on my ankle! It’s a little sore, has a nice bruise developing, but is functional. I thank everyone for their concern. I was pretty lucky, really, and put some of it down to Japanese hotel facilities. Japanese hotels, like American ones, tend to have … Read more
You really can’t ask, as a tourist, for anything better than a clear sunny day of 23°C can you – which is what we got today. We spent it doing one main thing, visiting Kairakuen, one of Japan’s top treasure gardens, but the day was as much about the journey (as they say) as about … Read more
Our plan for our three full days in Mito was concocted last night on the basis of the weather forecast, which was for a grey, inclement Tuesday (today), and mostly sunny for Wednesday and Thursday. In other words, our two big outdoor sights would not be today, making today Kōdōkan Hall, Mito Museum of Modern … Read more
Today starts the last hop of our trip. The last hotel stay! The last period of living out of suitcases. We’ll miss Japan, of course, but it is always good to be home too, isn’t it? And, there’s always, with any luck, another time. Last hurrah in Niigata First though, there’s a bit more of … Read more