Today was a little rough waking up. This trip is really starting to take its toll on my energy level....but it's worth it. We took the subway and t...

Packed all my crap up again last night for our adventure to Tokyo. We took the bullet train again, which took 2 hours but the thing was....our prof...

This hotel is part of a huge hotel chain throughout Japan. I stayed in a double room for 9,240Yen (About $77.30USD) with Tax. A little expensive bu...

Ok, so I said our beds were like rocks....well, they are but I got the best nights sleep in a while! lol. Strange. We started out our day by takin...

If you can make this trip, I highly recommend it. I mean, how often do you get to see a gold leaf covered temple? It’s truly awe inspiring! Kinka...

I visited Ryoanji Temple in June and it was beautiful for only 500Yen (About $5USD). To get to the little temple you pass through this magical Japa...

The Nijo castle has one of the best English brochures I’ve seen from Japan, :) which is nice! When I pictured castle I imagined this huge fortres...

Today we sadly left our home stay families....I was so sad; I'm going to miss them. It's strange how I’ve only been with them a week but I’m ve...

Ginkakuji Temple was finished in 1490 and covers a huge expanse. As you walk up to the temple you pass through this amazing hall of huge hedges tha...

This hotel is part of a huge hotel chain throughout Japan. I stayed in a double room for 7,560Yen (About $65.00USD) with Tax. I thought that was a ...

I had a pretty rough night, I apparently have a bad cavity and it's acting up. I can't sleep, it's horrible. Anywho, didn't get much sleep but I ha...

Today I had to be woken up by Satomi, my host mom. First time. I usually wake up early like 6 or 7 but she had to wake me up at 9am. I keep ge...

Today again I ate a monstrous breakfast which was amazing and then we headed off by car to this little old part of town with a traditional craft of...

The little town of Arimatsu is this cute old town with a huge past. Back in the day Arimatsu was a small village on the old Highway. Its people mad...

Seriously, I don't know how Japanese people stay so skinny!! Today I woke up to a wonderful breakfast and of course I ate it all....I feel obligate...

Today was long and uneventful. We all met at Akaike station then traveled by subway to downtown Nagoya for a lecture at TCM Graphic Studios. Again,...

Today breakfast was great of course; watermelon, sausage, toast....mmmm. Our first adventure today was the Toyota Automobile Museum. One thing that...

I’m not super into cars but this museum was really worth the trip, I had a good time. For only 1000Yen (about $10.00USD) we got into the museum w...

Woke up at 4am again today, lol. But went back to sleep after a while until 6:45.  Today was our first day with the group and traveling. We tr...

I woke up at 4am today due to jet lag. I forced myself back to sleep until 6am. The shower was nice, oh and the toilet seat is heated, strange........

Wow, that was a long flight, actually a long day as a whole of traveling. I was awake for 24+ hours, I was very tired. Japan is humid, I didn't kno...