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Tokyo To Osaka Bullet Train
Travel Log: Day 87 (9/22), Tokyo Japan This was our last full day in Japan and we kept it close to home. Part of the reason was just to enjoy our place, but it was also because JC is sick. The timing of that is not good considering we have to travel to Osaka tomorrow.
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Surviving The Most Dangerous Neighborhood In Tokyo
See day 85 below for the details of surviving the most dangerous neighborhood in Tokyo. Don’t worry too much for our safety. Travel Log: Day 82 (9/17), Tokyo Japan We woke up from our capsule adventure today coming off of poor sleep and alcohol. After getting our stuff together we checked out around 7:30am. The
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Tokyo Capsule Hotel & Shibuya Karaoke
Travel Log: Day 81 (9/16), Tokyo Japan Typical homeschool day. Lawson for breakfast and lunch. We booked a capsule hotel for tonight just to try it out. The one we chose is Nine Hour near the Tokyo Tower, and the cost for all four of us was 18,430 yen (~$125.38). This post will focus on
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Bridges To Normal Days
Travel Log: Day 78 (9/13), Tokyo Japan JC and I ran like usual on Saturday. My back is still feeling ok so I’m hoping to find that I’m clear of the major tweak I had at Costa Rica. I’d like to chalk that up to a ridiculously soft bed. Around the middle of the day
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Tokyo Tower And Popeye Beer Club
In this set of days we explore Tokyo Tower and enjoy happy hour at Popeye Beer Club. Travel Log: Day 76 (9/11), Tokyo Japan The school day was normal today with the exception of once again pushing elective to the afternoon so we could get lunch ahead of the lunch rush. We’ve found even Lawson
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Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) In Tokyo Airbnb
See day 75 for the electronic voice phenomenon I captured in our Tokyo Airbnb. Travel Log: Day 74 (9/9), Tokyo Japan This morning we returned to school as usual. In the afternoon we went to Nakamise Shopping Street. It’s a several block area that has a bunch of food and souvenir shops. JC and AC
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Jet Lag Induced Insomnia: Practical Remedies
In our recent move from Costa Rica to Japan, I experienced jet lag induced insomnia for the first time in my life. This was my first time experiencing any sort of extended insomnia. I severely underestimated how bad this would impact me. My guess was that I would sleep really badly for a night, then
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Tokyo Museum Of Emerging Science
Travel Log: Day 72 (9/7), Tokyo Japan Today was quiet. Our biggest event of the day was going to McDonals for lunch. I was reluctant to do that because I thought we’d look like a stereotype going in there. It would only be worse in my mind if we were fat-asses. Once we got in
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Tokyo Sky Tree And Subway Stupidity
See day 71 below to skip to the information about the Tokyo Sky Tree and our subway stupidity. Travel Log: Day 70 (9/5), Tokyo Japan For field trip Friday we were planning on going to the Sumo museum for the social studies portion of our day. It rained the entire day, and hard most of
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Kit Kat Flavors In Tokyo
To jump to information about Kit Kat flavors in Tokyo, see the final travel log day below. Travel Log: Day 66 (9/1), Tokyo Japan School in the morning, nothing noteworthy. JC tweaked her neck pretty badly, so it was a miserable day for her. In the afternoon JC and I talked about how we’re going
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
