Japan – Michael and Erika

Summer Sumo Tournament in Tokyo

There is an organization on base called Information, Tickets and Travel (ITT) that schedules trips. We have used them a few times […]

The Yonabaru Tug-of-War festival (Yonabaru Otsunahiki) is one of the three great Tug-of-War festivals in Okinawa, with the biggest one being in […]

We have heard from a number of people here that one of the most fun things they did here in Japan was […]

Our friends invited us to their annual ski trip where up at this place called Villa Alpen near the Japanese ski region […]

Okinawa is home to the world’s largest Tug of War festival, which dates back some 600 years. We have been several times, […]

In the fall we went back to Osaka and since we’d already been recently, I wanted to focus on a lot of […]

I got out for an afternoon and went for a walk along the seawall. I took pictures in B&W but thought it […]

We went up to Nago (about 2/3 the way north on the island) to see the Cherry Blossom Festival! It was a […]

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to take a walk on Erika’s favorite beach with some of our friends. You’ll […]

Ok, we’ve finally made it to the last block of photos from Kyoto. We are still in the Fushimi-inari shrine, the mountain […]