Spotlight: Seven Waterfalls of Kawazu (Izu Peninsula)

I've wanted to do this post for quite a while but at the same time, this is a post I've long wanted to keep under wraps. Why? Well, for both cases stated above, it's because this is one of my favorite undiscovered places in Japan. I'd love for it to remain relatively "unvisited" but I... Continue Reading →

April 17, 2013 6

5 Faves: Budget Ryokan

In case you missed it, one of this month's posts was a Crash Course on ryokan. The first year I lived in Japan, my husband and I loved to head out from Tokyo and explore the countryside. Not wanting to just have the same humdrum experience time and again of staying in a hotel, we... Continue Reading →

March 13, 2013 1