Maid Cafe Hopping and Karaoke in Akihabara

On our third day in Japan, we headed out to Akihabara!

In the itinerary that I planned, we scheduled wake up time of around 8 am to make sure that we would have plenty of time to make it to the @home cafe (maid cafe) for breakfast. @home cafe opens at 10am, and with our Airbnb being about an hour …

Our First Day in Japan!

I'm happy to announce that I'm back in Japan and this time I brought my boyfriend with me! It's always been a dream of mine to travel around Japan with him and we decided back in September that we should make this dream come true!

Once we decided we wanted to stay in Tokyo, I booked th…

The Truth About Ueno Zoo, Japan

I visited Ueno Zoo while I was in Japan, and it was one of the worst zoo experiences I've ever had.
In my latest vlog, I explain via subtitles that some animals were kept completely alone in their enclosures, namely the Panda. It was really sad to see that this animal was not only totally alon…

VLOG: Flying First Class From Japan

Finally, my flight home vlog is up! This took a long time to edit, mostly because my camera is having a lot of issues these days. Another big reason this vlog was delayed is because of the emotional content in this video. Amanda's plane left before mine, and I get pretty emotional. I didn'…

Odori Park and Flying Home to Tokyo

This is the final installment in the Hokkaido vlog series, thank you for watching my antics for the past week, and I hope you enjoy the final two vlogs!
If you're interested in going to Hokkaido:
I definitely recommend going to Hokkaido in February which is when the Snow Festival is in session…

Exploring Otaru

Today Amanda and I explored a city nearby Sapporo: Otaru! Otaru is known for the amazing glassworks they produce, and we got to witness that in some of the local shops.
It was quite cold, about -8 degrees Celsius, so a lot of these photos will have us covered in snow and trying to brace the winter…