Japan 2017
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Chapter 12 : Kanmangafuchi –
We set an alarm to wake up around 7am. Elizabeth was still mostly asleep, so I told her that I was going out for some breakfast and that I would be back soon. The rain had started up again. The streets were still empty and just like the night before, everything was closed. Even the…
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Chapter 11 : Nikko National Park –
It was going to take us about an hour to get back to Nagano, so I looked up train times for the shinkansen that would take us to Nikko. The route that was recommended was to take the bullet train to Omiya and from there take another bullet train back up to Nikko. It was…
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Chapter 10 : Snow Monkeys, Ryokans, and Onsens
It was a rough night of sleep, in spite of the fact that we had done a full day of activities. Escher, who is on a regular feeding schedule, didn’t know whether or not he was in the US or Japan, but he knew that he was hungry. Every time, he woke up, Elizabeth woke…
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Chapter 8 : Through Rain, Wind, Sleet, and Snow
FedEx Tokyo – When we got back up to the hotel room, Elizabeth instantly got into bed to lay down. It was still only around 4pm, and I told her that we should get dinner soon. She told me that she was just going to take a quick nap, then we would go out to…
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Chapter 7 : Our Adventure with Shiro
Before we left for Japan, a social media friend of mine, whose caricature I drew at a party once, was giving me tips for our trip. She was Japanese and had visited Japan a few months earlier and posted photos from her trip. I messaged her to find out if she had any tips as…
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Chapter 5 : The Belkin Hotel –
As we walked in, the lobby of the hotel was dimly lit and filled with wood-grained shiny furniture that looked like something you’d pick up at IKEA. There was a coffee machine straight ahead and small lounge area to the left, where you could sit and have a cup. I started to greet the desk…
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Chapter 4 : Arriving in Tokyo –
When we arrived in Tokyo, we might as well have been greeted at the gates of heaven. We landed at a gate that was isolated from the rest of the airport and since we were in the back of the plane and not traveling very fast with our bags, we were practically alone as we…
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Chapter 3 : Meeting Friends at LAX
When landed in Los Angeles, we headed for the gate, to request the seat with the bassinet, but there was a couple already waiting with their infant. We asked them if they were waiting to request the bassinet seat and they were. When I originally booked the tickets, I made sure that I called the…