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

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...

Once we entered Montana, it began to feel real that we were nearing the west coast! The straight flat roads of South Dakota started to...

I don't think I could have prepared myself in any way for the Badlands National Park. After seeing grassy plains and a whole lot of...

With our super sweet Nissan mini van rental car loaded down with all of our belongings, we set off for the West Coast on July 17th. Over...

The journey from the US East coast to our new home in southern Japan began on July 12th when we began our stay at Massanutten Resort in...