This week has felt a bit like we are living the movie Groundhog Day. If you’ve never seen the 1993 movie staring Bill Murray this reference won’t make sense to you. Basically, Bill Murray’s character wakes up and relives the same day over and over – which happens to be Groundhog Day. It’s a great…
Category: Japan – Osaka
Unhurried in Osaka: Finding Joy in Small Bites and Backstreets
We are still on the mend, but have slowly started to explore Osaka. The area we are in feels vastly different than our neighborhood in Tokyo. At first glance it feels a little dingy and rundown. As we walk along the main street that runs through our neighborhood, there’s grafitti, people smoking/vaping in the open,…
Quarter Turn on a Year Long Journey
Today marks three months that we have been traveling, which means our year of adventure is a quarter of the way over. Three months of wandering, learning, and finding home in unexpected places. Time feels like it has simultaneously gone fast and slow. Time seems to speed up as we age because we have fewer…
Welcome to Osaka – Bullet Train and Bedrooms for Everyone
We took a bullet train to Osaka yesterday and it was an adventure we all enjoyed! Braxton has been working on a research project about bullet trains, so it was incredible for him to experience one first hand to round out his research. The whole process was streamlined and efficient. The train was roomy and…