Hi everyone! We are back in Texas! Feeling a little jet-lagged + missing Japan already, but it sure is good to be home. More soon! In the meantime, I thought I’d share this photo of a gentian I took at the botanical garden in Asahidake.
Nikko + beyond!
Yesterday we left Tokyo around 7:00 am to head to Nikko — wow, what a great day! Nikko has several beautiful shrines, including the famous one with the “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” monkeys. I’ll share some pictures of that later — I took a gazillion! Nikko is surrounded by mountains […]
Cute Overload!
Hi everyone! Just a quick update to let you know that we’re still in Japan, and still having tons of fun! We’re heading out to Nikko this morning — catching a bullet train at 7:16 am, can’t wait! I’ll post more pics when we get back. In the meantime, I thought I’d leave you with […]
A Tale of T’s: Typhoon, Two Hotels, Tea + Thousands of Copic Markers!
This post is a tale of lots of T’s! First off: the typhoon that hit Tokyo! The rain was sheeting down at times, and it was really windy, whew! Here’s a view of the hotel where we are staying in Tokyo from the Toyo Corporation’s conference room across the street — it’s the shorter tan […]
Rainy Sunday Adventures in Tokyo
Hi everyone! We’ve been having tons of fun in Tokyo. I’ve been taking lots of pictures — of course, ha ha! — and thought I’d share some from our rainy adventures from yesterday. We started off by catching the JR Chuo Line to Mitaka to go to the Studio Ghibli Museum. We’re big Studio Ghibli […]
Happy, happy Saturdays.
Last Saturday was our 12 year anniversary — we wanted to do something special, so we planned a hike + picnic. It was a gorgeous day — the sky was a deep blue, there were a few clouds to provide welcome shade — it was 102 F — and even though we are in extreme […]