Ugh...hotels were expensive, hostels were even more expensive it seemed but yet again, Airbnb to the rescue!! Luckily we had our friends ...

There were a few items on our 6-month Asian backpacking itinerary that were just unnegotiable. One of them was spending Christmas and New...

No trip to Japan can be complete without a trip to Tokyo! It's amazing how such a bustling city can have the most polite people...I me...

At about 2ish hours away from Tokyo, Nikko is the perfect day or overnight trip. Up in the forest, the air was a bit crisp and the snowy mo...

As our trip is slowly coming to an end, and we are back in The Netherlands for a quick visit before moving across the pond, friends and fam...

We planned Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Takayama (but we nixed Takayama after a heavy night of too much hanami) and Nikko. All pretty touristy we t...

By far one of the best decisions we made during our 6 month backpacking trip was to visit Japan during cherry blossom season. During the f...