Category Archives: Travel

Yeah, we slacked again today. I got caught up with work and blogs, so that was nice. Danny and I went out to Dominoes for a pizza, which turned out to be surprisingly expensive: ¥2100 for a medium, which is … Continue reading →

Danny hurt his ankle, so yesterday Lucas and I went back to Kyoto while he took it easy back at the apartment. We went seeking more temples and shrines, but most of them were closed. There were a couple Buddhist … Continue reading →

We just slacked again =P We went to a ramen place next to Mukonosoeki which was pretty good, but the rest of the day we just bummed around town. I think we might have rented some movies at the video … Continue reading →

We got up and went to Mister Donut, which we pass every day going to and from the station, but never went in until now. The donuts were pretty good and relatively cheap, despite the fact that they were still … Continue reading →

After breakfast of pancakes and bacon, we got on the train to Kyoto. We went to Juso first and changed trains to the line which was headed towards Kyoto. However, after a while of riding, it turned out that the … Continue reading →

After breakfast, we headed back to Umeda and shopped at the bookstore a little. The store was freaking huge – probably the size of the Las Cruces Hastings, but underground and almost all books (there was a smaller section of … Continue reading →

We spent most of they day on the 17th in Osaka. We went to a ramen place for breakfast. I got some kake ramen, which is basically just noodles and some veggies. After breakfast, we headed back to Umeda and … Continue reading →

We got off the Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka and took the subway to Umeda (another area in Osaka). We were a little bit early to meet Erin, so we wandered around the station a little bit and got some food at … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures from the train ride from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka: Shinkansen pulling into the station Destination Card Track wall A view of Tokyo A river somewhere Nagoya station

Hi all! Here’s the first in hopefully a longer series of posts about travels on japan! So yeah, about a month ago, a couple friends (Danny and Lucas) and I decided that we should come to Japan for a few … Continue reading →