Japan – Stephen's Travels

Final Day in Tokyo – Ueno Park for Cherry Blossoms

We packed up our bags and checked out of the JAL hotel after a 7 night stay. We made our way to Ueno [...]

March 28, 2015August 26, 2017g8erchum 1

After our awesome bicycle tour on Tuesday, the Tsukiji Fish Market Food tour on Thursday and the food and sake festival, sushi class [...]

March 26, 2015August 26, 2017g8erchum 1

While on our bicycle tour with Noel, we passed through Hibiya park and saw them setting up for a festival. Noel, using his [...]

March 25, 2015January 18, 2023g8erchum 1

While, we stopped in the Tsukiji Fish Market on our bicycle tour a few days back, we also signed up for a food [...]

One of the effects of jet lag is really abnormal sleep patterns. We were wide awake around 6am – which is nice to [...]

March 23, 2015January 18, 2023g8erchum 3

After over 800 days living, working, volunteering and studying all throughout Asia, we have now settled in Denver, Colorado in the U.S. With [...]

After 2 nights in Nara, we moved on to Kyoto, Japan’s capital after Nara. Kyoto has an unbelievable amount of cultural treasures and [...]

After Kobe, we took a short train ride back to Osaka to stay one night before making our way to Nara to meet [...]

After a couple days in Osaka, we caught a train to Kobe, which is most famous for it’s Kobe beef. We walked over [...]

It’s time for Chuseok 추석 in Korea, which is often described as Korean Thanksgiving. It occurs on the full moon (usually) in September [...]