April 2018

Shin-Hotaka Ropeway, Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Snow Mountain Winter has just ended when I arrived in Japan in March 2015 but some mountains are still covered in snow. My Okaasan* booked us a trip to a snow mountain in Okuhida which is about 4 hours by bus from Shinjuku Bus Terminal. Okuhida is popular for its hot springs and is surrounded

Sakura over a Japan local train It’s Sakura season again in some parts of Japan. The time of year when the cherry trees blossom, filling the streets with beauty. Some of my students showed me their photos, and I can't help but reminisce back to the time I myself witnessed Sakura season in all it's glory. I traveled to Japan in March of 2015, when S