I look mildly ridiculous in my sweatpants and winter clothes next to these elaborately dressed geigi, but they were all excited about my...

Pictured: Prayer Monument for Everything in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. This area has some interesting English translations for its...

As I may have mentioned before, I collected something called "御朱印" (goshuin, shrine signatures). I first heard about this sort of idea in...

Spring has sprung and with that comes one of the things Japan is most famous for: cherry blossoms!It was road trip time once again and...

Japan is known as the land of vending machines. This is correct. It's mostly just drink vending machines in absolutely every corner of...

*Note: Yes I know I shouldn't be traveling during Covid. I have my Covid booster shot, wore KN95 or double masks, and didn't eat out....

*Note: Yes I know I shouldn't be traveling during Covid. I have my Covid booster shot, wore KN95 or double masks, and didn't eat out....

*Note: Yes I know I shouldn't be traveling during covid. I have my covid booster shot, wore KN95 or double masks, and didn't eat out....

My first week truly in Japan, me and another ALT took a road trip to Yahiko Shrine and mountain in southern Niigata. At the shrine, there...