O C E A N S A W A Y

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
- Robert Louis Stevenson

For my 30th birthday this year, my parents not only came to visit me in Japan, but they took me on a cruise! Our cruise left from Kobe,...

The infamous Tokyo. Anthony Bourdain says it best,"it is a place where you can just wander. If you're prepared to be the big goofy...

It's hard to believe that we live so close to such a special place, one that is home to sacred trees, deer and a famous UNESCO World...

After living in our three bedroom rowhome for over a month with loaner furniture and not much else, I was overly eager to finally be...

I know I have talked about the Kintai Bridge before, but it really is so much more than just the bridge and the castle. It is surrounded...

The Yanai Annual Goldfish Festival consisted of thousands of goldfish lanterns hung and lit up around the town. We took the train there...

The Kintai Bridge firework festival surpassed every preconceived idea I had of what it may be. Most of the time, since everything is...

Probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of food and Japan, is sushi and ramen of course! So it was only natural that...

The Kintai Bridge (錦帯橋 Kintai-kyō) is the iconic historical image of Iwakuni. Dating back to 1673, it has five main arches constructed...

What ended up being a 30ish hour trip, started in Seattle on July 27th with a 6 hour delay. Zach, Olive and I made a makeshift bed on the...