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We went to Yellowstone National Park as part of our big 2017 Solar Eclipse road trip. After spending a few days in Grand Teton National Park, it was the obvious next stop for us.  You definitely want to...

Kyoto is such an iconic city with so much history, its hard to know where to start. We’ll help you narrow down your list. Unless you have unlimited time and money there’s no way to see everything...

Mount Koyasan Alicia planned most of our stay in Koyasan so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was intrigued by staying in a Buddhist temple and eating authentic monk food. After all the things we did...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is an event that draws up to 2 million visitors every year. For six days during February visitors enjoy massive snow sculptures that have to be seen to be believed and we were...

Getting to Yamanouchi We came to Yamanouchi in search of snow monkeys after our amazing stay at the buddhist temple Ekoin on Mount Koyasan. (Seriously! You should read about it because this was our most...