August 2018 – Travel 30 in 30

Ninjas and Soba noodles – Togakushi Japan

August 27, 2018 Japan Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

I left the hills southeast of Nagano and then headed into the hills northwest of Nagano. I had heard there was a ninja museum out there and decided that that might be a cool place to visit. There was a bus that took me out to the ninja museum, so…

Yamanouchi Japan – Monkeys Beer and Ryokan!

August 24, 2018 Japan Main Posts Uncategorized No Comments

I finished off my time in Kanazawa and it was time to jump on the Bullet train to my next destination which was another Onsen town in the middle of nowhere near Nagano Japan. Why did I decide to go to another small town in the middle of nowhere? Well…

Kanazawa and Wakura Onsen Japan – Eggs and exploration

August 22, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

After I finished up with the Dinosaur museum, I jumped back on the train which took me to Kanazawa. This was the biggest place along my train route and allowed me a good place to settle down for a few of the things I wanted to do. I opted to…

Fukui Japan – DINOSAURS!!!!!!!

August 16, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

I now have in my possession a rail pass that gives me unlimited travel on certain rail routes within the mountain region of Japan and I was excited to take advantage of this pass to explore some of the places that weren’t typical stops on Japanese itineraries. My first stop…

Kyoto Round 2 – Alone this time

August 16, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

I was told by several people that Kyoto was their favorite place in Japan and they spent 3-4 days there and it got me thinking that maybe there was more to Kyoto then what Alessia and I covered in our quick stop there a few days prior. This was also…

Hiroshima Japan – A somber start, but top rated finish!

August 16, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

I arrived in Hiroshima very early in the morning which enabled me to get a full day of sightseeing in. Obviously the main plan surrounded the Atomic bomb sites in the town. I walked to the peace park and had to wait until 10am for the museum to open. So…

Kobe Japan – The best meat I have EVER had

August 16, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

I had a hard time figuring out where I wanted to go in Japan, as I had a decent ammount of time but no rail pass, so figuring out how to get around for cheap as well as where to go was constantly a challenge. I decided that I wanted…

Nara Japan – Deers and Big Buddha

August 10, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

Alessia had to go home and so I was back to traveling solo. I decided to head to a few of the satellite towns around Osaka and the first on the list was the small town of Nara. I had several people tell me to go there and so I…

Kyoto Japan part 1 – Alessia Edition

August 5, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

From Osaka Alessia and I hopped on a train bound for Kyoto in order to check out the wonders this people have raved about in this city. We got to the train station and got on the local train vs the express but it ended up being ok because the…

OSAKA FREAKING JAPAN!!!!!!

August 5, 2018 Japan Main Posts No Comments

Probably the two places I was most looking forward to on my travels was Korea and Japan. With the first one done, I think saying that i was excited for Japan is a bit of an understatement. I decided to start in Osaka since my friend Alessia was going to…