After staying in Osaka for a few nights, I was finally able to go out and explore this city. I liked Osaka a little better than Tokyo just because I thought the people were keepin’ it real here. People were actually bumping into me and not saying “sorry”.
Takoyaki, an Osaka specialty or as [...]
The city, not Bryant. Kobe is a major port city in Japan, and it’s history includes a huge earthquake in 1995. Seeing the place now, you wouldn’t even know there was an earthquake. I got to this city from Nara at around 4:30 PM and since a bunch of places in Japan [...]
Nara’s a small city known for it’s roaming deer. It’s small enough where I was able to walk everywhere I wanted to go from the main station. Convenient
I was excited to see the deer and after a bit of walking, saw them right away just relaxing in the park. They have completely [...]
Kyoto was the former capital of Japan, and it is a city rich in history. If you look on the horizon of the city, you could see the tops of temples everywhere. There are over a dozen shrines, temples and castles that are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so it was [...]
I left Tokyo and headed out to Tottori. More specifically, a little town called Kofu to visit my old friend and college dormmate, Brian. I knew he was teaching English out in Japan, and decided to stay with him a couple of nights. For all I knew, I imagined Kofu to be [...]
