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Once again, early travel means another early morning. Woke up at 6 am and made some hotdogs for breakfast with instant coffee before our ride arrived at 7:30 to take us scuba diving. We drove for about 20 minutes and got a better idea of how the streets of Thailand are laid out. They areContinue reading “Day 10 – Underwater Expedition”

With an early plane to catch, we were up at 6am to get ready and hop on the shuttle to the airport. Once we arrived at the airport, we found out that we had definitely allotted too much time for a domestic flight. After the wait, we got on the plane to take us downContinue reading “Day 9 – The Tropical Island of Koh Samui”

The last day in Japan starts with the same thing the first one did; a far-too-early morning for me. This time, it was justified by a series of trains we needed to catch that had already been reserved to line up with the flight to Bangkok. We went down for breakfast, but instead of theContinue reading “Day 8 – Trains, Planes, and Shuttles.”

With only 1 full day of Japan left, I think the decision to not fully adjust to the sleep schedule was a good one. While it does leave an hour of waiting before breakfast opens up, it hopefully means adjusting to the Thai sleep schedule shouldn’t be as bad. In rural Japan, especially, early morningsContinue reading “Day 7 – Roaming the islands of Matsushima”

I think I’ve given up trying to adjust my sleep schedule fully, waking up at 5:30am will have to do. After getting ready and brewing a cup of tea, we went down to the breakfast buffet at the Ryokan. They had a lot of options, none of which you would associate with a typical NorthContinue reading “Day 6 – Trekking up Yamadera”

While the other mornings had us trying to sleep in, we had to catch a somewhat early train over to Sendai today, so waking up early had its perk this time. Grabbed a hotel coffee, checked out of the hotel, and walked down to Tokyo Station. It was a bit more confusing to find theContinue reading “Day 5 – The Sakura Matsuri in Full Bloom”

I’m slowly getting more in line with the Japanese sleep schedule, though I feel by the time I do, we’ll be on our way to Thailand. Regardless, I got 1 more hour of sleep this morning, making it to 6am. After a hotel coffee and 7-11 wrap, we decided to make our way over toContinue reading “Day 4 – From Shibuya to Shinjuku”

While still not fully adjusted to JST, we still managed to sleep in until about 5:00am. Though not the most energized I have felt in the morning, we got ready and went down to the lobby of the hotel and grabbed a coffee from a fancy machine they had, which made a really good cappuccino.Continue reading “Day 3 – The Luxurious Lands of Ginza”

The day begins on a sleepless plane ride destined for the other side of the world. While my dad managed to go through 3 movies, 3 hours of music, a couple of hours of reading, 3 meals and have time to spare, I decided to study some more Kanji along with some music and YouTubeContinue reading “Day 2 – Though the lines are long, we forge on.”

Introduction Back in 2019, when I was in college, I briefly studied abroad in Japan as an exchange student at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. I had an amazing time, learned a lot, and made many memories during my time there. While in Japan, I kept an email blog of my day to day activities toContinue reading “Day 1 – A Long Awaited Flight”