A Travel Blog
As our flight wasn’t leaving until 8:30pm, we had another whole day available to us and we wanted to use it to explore Narita and environs. So, we got up bright and early, showered and packed our bags, and made it to our 6:30-7:00am breakfast slot with a few minutes to spare. The Comfort Hotel … Read more
In all the trips we’ve made to Japan – always flying into or out of Narita Airport (sometimes both) – we have never checked out Narita itself. This trip seemed to be the time to do it. We’ll let you know tomorrow whether we think it was a good idea or not. For the record, … Read more
Today was our last day of dedicated sightseeing. Tomorrow (now today, in fact) we head south to Narita City, and on Thursday evening we fly out heading for home. How can it be that time already? With the weather still hot – today’s maximum was around 34°C – we had an early hotel buffet breakfast … Read more
When we planned this trip, we left the last three days a little open. We thought to stay around the Aizuwakamatsu or Koriyama area in Fukushima Prefecture, but were not sure exactly how we wanted to play it. Would we stay in one of the townships and day-trip around, or stay in the Ashinomaki-Onsen area, … Read more
Weather report again. We hope we’re not boring you but the weather is such a critical part of any holiday. It rained last night, but by the time we woke up – around 6.30am – it was dry. The only time it rained today was briefly during the hour or so long drive home from … Read more