World travels with real challenges and how to find enjoyment in all of it.
Asakusa district, home of the Sensoji Temple, had many attractions and surprises for us! We disembarked from the Toei subway line, benefiting from the train attendant’s help back in Shinjuku, and climbed out only a few blocks from the Buddhist compound. Facing the Sumida river as we emerged, a broad and pristine promenade ran along …
As new visitors, with one member in the family, raised near New York City(my husband), using Tokyo’s extensive mass transit system was just another-day-in the-park, according to “the expert” in the family. I was apprehensive. With a language barrier and my unfamiliarity in understanding the transit system, I feared that we were going to get …
I woke up in a room seeping with morning daylight as it escaped the edges of the black-out curtains. We were on the 36th floor of the Keio Plaza, and the white light of dawn is intense. The room is spacious! Uncommon in a city where hotel rooms are notorious for tight quarters. As I …
Before booking a hotel in Tokyo, I became well aware of how vast Tokyo was. We would end up using most of our day traveling if I didn’t place us strategically within the city. With Akihabara as a focal point, I searched for reasonable lodgings nearby and developed an itinerary from there. Five days were …
May 16, 2017 Sitting in United Airline’s economy class, I scanned the menu displayed on the seatback monitor. I couldn't keep my attention on the information. A stream of thoughts flowed in the back of my mind. I wondered how I was going to acclimate when I landed in Japan. The 14-hour flight along with …
Traveling with family & friends and the Power of Prudence 