Any snowboard enthusiast would know that Japan is world famous for snowboarding and winter sports; There's over 500 facilities in the country and the snow quality in Japan is amazing. But you don't need to be a hobbyist to enjoy snowboarding in Japan and it's an activity recommended to anyone that visits the country. However, with the 500 different facilities in this small island, it's hard to choose where to go during your limited time here. In this article, I present 6 … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2020
Honke Bankyu, Nikko Ryokan Review
One summer day, Tomomi and I thought that it was time to make another trip. We haven't been outside the city in a while, so I wanted to go to the countryside and Tomomi wanted to go for a nice, long drive. We did some research and decided that staying in a ryokan in Nikko would be the perfect weekend getaway. We were really excited that it would be our first ryokan experience together and we decided to stay at Honke Bankyu in the Yunishigawa region of Nikko.Read through our review to find … [Read more...]
What it’s Like Living in the Most Desired Place in Tokyo
For 5 years in a row, Kichijoji has been named the most desired place to live in Kanto and I was blessed with the opportunity to start my life in Japan here.Living in Kichijoji was pure coincidence. My first company in Japan has a contract with a sharehouse network and new hires from outside of Japan would initially be assigned to live in the sharehouse branch in Kichijoji.Through that, I was able to live in Kichijoji and see what it was like in one of the best place to live in Tokyo.About … [Read more...]
Travel Goals for 2020
Happy New Years everybody!It's the start of a brand new year and looking back, the previous year had been truly amazing. From January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, Tomomi and I went from being half strangers to becoming life partners and even starting a blog together! Some may think that our relationship has progressed way too fast(and we think so too!), but it's a decision that both of us feel very confident about. While 2019 turned out to be beyond what we imagined, we want to make 2020 … [Read more...]