by john | Post #59 | Feb 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Uploaded a short, fast paced video yesterday featuring seven of our favorite cities with things to do in them. Most of them are little known places in these areas, while a couple are very popular spots. Nice thing about most of these is that they are not overrun...
by john | Post #58 | Feb 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
After several months, I’ve uploaded another video. This time I’m documenting our visit to the historic post town of Ouchijuku. A “post town” in Japan refers to a town that during the Edo Period from the mid 1600’s to the late...
by john | Post #55 | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The other day we celebrated one year on Youtube, and today we reached another milestone. We now have 5,000 subscribers to our Youtube channel. Hard to imagine that on June 8, 2024, we started with zero. I’m told most new channels don’t make it to one...
by john | Post #49 | Mar 13, 2025 | Restaurants, Uncategorized
Its all over social media these days…….the $19 Japanese strawberry being sold at upscale grocer Erewhon in Los Angeles. Japan is no stranger to high priced fruits. When we are traveling throughout the country, we often seen $10, $20 and $30 melons and...
by john | Post #43 | Jan 5, 2025 | Hiroshima, Uncategorized
Hiroshima is one of the more popular destinations in Japan, and for good reason. Of course there’s its unique history with the atomic bomb drop on August 5, 1945 which is memorialized at the Hiroshima Peace Park and Atomic Bomb Dome. Then there’s the...
by john | Post #40 | Nov 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Kites are a big deal in Japan, and nowhere is this more apparent than just outside the city of Niigata. The Shirone River runs through the area and is the site of the largest Kite Battles in Japan. The tradition dates back to the mid Edo Period and as the story...
