The last half of the week was on my own in Sasebo. I got pretty slammed with patients but overall, I had a good clinic experience. It’s really […]
Kanazawa
Outer gate of Ninja-dera. No pictures allowed inside! I was so excited to be in Kanazawa! So excited, I talked SMS into going to the Ninja Temple when […]
Hotaru Ika and Kanazawa
SMS and I headed to the West Coast (Best Coast!) of Japan this past weekend. I had to travel the next week to a couple of clinics so […]
The Amazing Jogasaki Coast
Bliss! Photo by SMS SMS and I decided to go to Jogasaki this weekend. It’s a piece of the coastline on the Izu peninsula, the next peninsula over […]
Snow Monkeys at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen!
After we saw that about ten of our friends had recently seen snow monkeys, SMS and I decided we wanted to see them too! We took a […]
Midweek Tokyo Vacation: Shibuya, Ramen Alley, Ueno
Day 3 of our mini-vacation! We started off at The City Bakery. We were a little earlier than the day before and ended up with an Egg Benedict […]
30 Hours in Kyoto!
Bamboo Forest, Arashiyama Sagoy! I am very impressed with SMS and I! Two weeks ago, my friend Marissa wrote to me to let me know that she and […]
Linda & Rip Take on Japan! Day 8: Sayonara :(
My shot of SMS in the Park last December The day started off with delicious Italian coffee (several steps up from FamilyMart!), pastries from Boulangerie Burdigala and breakfast […]
Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 5: Kyoto, cont…
Tom Sawyer in Japan! We woke up to clearing skies after the heavy rain from the night before. We were pretty excited to see more of beautiful Kyoto! […]
Linda & Rip Take On Japan! Day 4: Kyoto (cont…)
Maple Leaves and reflection at the Ryoan-ji Lake. Our first full day in Kyoto coincided with the arrival of rain from the remnants of typhoon Vongfong. Fortunately, the […]