It’s our last day in Japan! Exciting and bittersweet. It’s been quite the experience but we are ready to be home. We have a flight from Tokyo to Osaka at 8pm and then we go straight to our flight from Osaka to Honolulu. So fingers crossed it all goes smoothly today. Breakfast in the hotel… Continue reading Tokyo Disney, Japan to Honolulu, HI: Travel Day
Tokyo Disney, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Today we are off to explore a new Disney park, called Disney Sea. I have no idea if there are other Disney Sea locations but this is supposed to be the more adult side of Tokyo Disney. Ty has been planning these park days, staying up late researching Fast Passes, and the best way to… Continue reading Tokyo Disney, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Tokyo Disney, Japan: Adventure Day 1
Today’s a big day, we hit up Tokyo Disney today! We got up at 7 to get the 8am bus to Disney. Breakfast at the hotel was quite the spread. We got to the gates about 8:45 and waited in giant lines for the gates to open at 9. Ty had been furiously researching the… Continue reading Tokyo Disney, Japan: Adventure Day 1
Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 3
We’re definitely hitting a lull in this trip. We’ve been gone two weeks, and we’ve seen lots of sights. It becomes hard to be sightseeing constantly. I think we are craving some regular routine, or activities at this point. So we had breakfast at the hotel, asked for the latest check out we could and… Continue reading Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 3
Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Another amazing night of sleep, and yet another up and down morning. Super yummy breakfast helps make everything better though. We got ready and headed to the subway. We were going to a castle and a playground. It was cold around 40 degrees but beautiful in the sun. So we decided to start with the… Continue reading Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 1
Everyone slept in well, except for Ty apparently I had no clue, I was sleeping 🙂 The hotel breakfast was super swanky, of course! They have three separate restaurants and seemed to be putting all the families in one. Which was totally find with us, since then we worry less about our kids bothering others.… Continue reading Tokyo, Japan: Adventure Day 1
Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan: Travel Day
We had another wonderful pancake breakfast, while catching up with family. Then packed up and readied ourselves for the walk to the train station. We were taking the bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo. It was going to take 2 hours, and the kids were so excited to get a chance to watch some shows.… Continue reading Kyoto to Tokyo, Japan: Travel Day
Kyoto, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Lazy morning of pancakes again, and FaceTiming family in Australia. Nice to have family close to our day and time again. Then we were off on the bikes for another day of temples and ninjas! Any sort of an incline was brutal with these terrible bikes! Our first stop was the Fushimi-Imari Temple famous for… Continue reading Kyoto, Japan: Adventure Day 2
Kyoto, Japan: Adventure Day
Everyone slept till at least 7am, which was wonderful! We slowly got up and started our day with pancakes, made one at a time in a pot. I guess most people don’t bother cooking when they’re on vacation, but at least this place has some forks and knives. Ty got the bikes tuned up as… Continue reading Kyoto, Japan: Adventure Day
Osaka to Kyoto, Japan: Travel Day
We were shooting to catch the train to Kyoto about 10am. So the morning wasn’t rushed. We made pancakes and scrambled eggs. FaceTimed with family, and cleaned everyone up before we packed our bags. Here’s how we roll, without a roller bag. We have three backpacks. We tried not to even bring one for the… Continue reading Osaka to Kyoto, Japan: Travel Day