A couple of weeks after we got back from Australia, we head to Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, for the Sapporo Snow Festival.
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Dear Japan, I wasn't so sure about you...
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Fall was crazy this year; the blur that was October through December felt about a week long.
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There could be no better ending to the Invincible Summer than a summer festival. Not just any summer festival, but one of the biggest festivals in our region...
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After taking in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, we took the shinkansen, or bullet train, to Misawa for the more scenic half of Grant's trip.
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It's hard to believe another year has passed, and even more amazing is how much one year can really change everything.
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I believe that you are never too old to have your invisible summer. That summer where there isn't a past or future, just the present.
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In the past year, I have found myself doing things I never thought I would do in a million years. Things like coming face to face with my fears...
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Hi friends. So can we talk about the BEST festival in all of Japan, possibly even the world? We can? I knew you'd feel that way.
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The summer festivals have started, which tend to be much more boisterous and flashy than the others throughout the year.
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I've thought about this post a lot, probably more than I should have. So many different things to address...
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ll the festivals have begun, as the spring has slowly began to fade into summer. But before getting into the crazy of summer, and it is pretty crazy, I wanted to share the cherry blossoms from Hirosaki Castle.
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It's finally spring in Misawa! The winter actually wasn't as horrible as everyone made it sound, but leave to the Alaskans to be unimpressed.
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For Super Bowl Monday...yes, Monday, they sent a couple of NFL cheerleaders and football players to Misawa. It was my office's job to escort them around Japan and show them all the crazy stuff there is to do in Japan.
Last weekend, we drove to the Hirosaki Castle (about a 3 hour drive from Misawa) for the Chrysanthemum Festival.
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