Musings

We observed that many hotels in the area offer shuttle bus services that bring guests from Kawaguchiko Station to their property. In fact, there’s even a bus bay – specifically Bay 10 – that is a designated pick-up spot for

Roller-coaster amusement parks aren’t our normal thing: the missus and I certainly don’t have the thrill-seeking gene. And while the daughter is always willing to try new things and heights don’t faze her in the slightest, she’s also not the

We spent about an hour in Arakura-yama Sengen Park – that includes the time it took us to hike up and down – then returned to Shimoyoshida Station and hopped onto a bus for a short 3-minute ride to Shimoyoshida

To be truthful, we boarded our flight for Tokyo last night with more than a tiny bit of anxiety. Last year, despite coughing up the extra dough to fly with our premium national carrier at premium fares, our SQ flight

It’s now just a week before we head off to our 18-day-long holiday in Japan. We’ve continued to check, re-check, and improve our long itinerary, and at this point, we’re about ready to go. Since our last post where we

Finally; our 18-day planned itinerary as it is, but there are still a couple of things we’re rechecking and reviewing. It’s an 18-day-wide stretch, so the plan is in two screenshots: Days 1 to 4: From all counts, trying to

Our flights into and out of Narita in December, for a span of 18 days of travel, were booked several months ago. So, since July, we’d been researching and putting together the exact day-by-day plan – and it’s been pretty