Our second full day in Sapporo started with a visit to one of the most popular spots in Sapporo, the Hokkaido Shrine. The Shinto shrine, located at Maruyama Park, was built in 1869 after Emperor Meiji decreed that "three pioneering gods" be enshrined to uplift the spirits of pioneers. The existence of a shrine dedicated to the Shinto deities offered spiritua[...]
After visiting the Former Hokkaido Government Building and the Sapporo Beer Museum, we made our way to the Sapporo TV Tower next. It is definitely a must visit and the view of Odori Park is amazing, especially during winter!! The TV tower was built in 1957 by Tachū Naitō, a Japanese architect who is famous for building the Tokyo Tower was well. After we[...]
After visiting the historic Hokkaido Government Building we headed over to the Sapporo Beer Museum. We may or may not have arrived early-ish in the morning (haha!) and felt silly drinking beer so early. I didn't even think about it when I planned our schedule (oops).. but oh well it was 5 o'clock somewhere, am I right? Anyways, the Sapporo Beer Museum is[...]
The time has finally come to share about our fabulous Winter Wonderland trip to Sapporo and Nagano. We decided to attend the Sapporo Snow Festival, and while we were at it, visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park to see the famous snow monkeys of Japan! First things first... SAPPORO! We arrived to Sapporo at night.. so on our first full day in the city we explor[...]
After 4 years in Okinawa I FINALLY made it to Bise Village! My friend Allison and I drove all the way up to Motobu for a photographer meet up for the annual Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photowalk on October 1st, 2016. It ended up being kind of awkward... every one was walking so slow that we got frustrated and ended up breaking away from the group to explore on o[...]
After walking around Peace Memorial Park and the Peace Memorial Museum, we visited the Himeyuri Peace Museum which is only a 13 minute drive away. The museum is dedicated to the Lily Corps, a group of 222 students and 18 teachers from the Okinawa Daiichi Women’s High School and Okinawa Shihan Women’s School who served as nurses for the Japanese Imperial[...]