Day 7: Nagoya
After climbing Mt. Fuji, one might suggest we relax and take it easy for the remainder of the trip to Japan. But that’s NOT HOW WE ROLL!!! Based on the itinerary Belinda/Jo/Matt planned for the rest of the… Read More
Month: July 2026
Day 6: Mt. Fuji to Kyoto
A common maneuver for many people hiking Mt. Fuji is leaving the new 7th Station hut around 12:30am-1am in order to see the sunrise from the summit. However, as noted yesterday, we don’t really care about seeing the… Read More
Day 5: Tokyo to Mt. Fuji
Good morning! As a testament to the catchiness of yesterday’s music selections during arts & craft time, Matt still has the Whitney Houston Bodyguard song stuck in his head as of 5:15am. That was when we set our… Read More
Day 4: Asakusa
Today’s agenda included a full schedule of “Amazing Race” style activities — which (spoiler alert) were all incredibly fun. Thankfully, no judges! To begin, we grabbed our coffee and squid peanuts and took our now-familiar Oedo line straight… Read More
Day 3: Shibuya and Baseball
A leisurely start to the day as everyone got ready this morning — or, you know, finished their morning run thru downtown Tokyo. We relaxed in the lobby drinking Americanos and breakfast snacks (those delicious squid-flavored peanuts) before… Read More
Day 2: Shinjuku
The day after a trans-pacific flight, we thought we did pretty good by getting up at 7:15 am! But by this time, the Corindas already woke up, got breakfast at 7-11, walked to the Radio Tower Park near… Read More
Day 1: Chicago to Tokyo
Today is travel day! Our flight was scheduled to leave O’Hare at 12:15 pm, so we didn’t have to wake up too early. We got ourselves ready and took a cab to the airport. There was a bit… Read More
Lets Go! To Japan
What do you do when your friends invite you to go to Japan with them on their family trip? You go (duh)! We’ll meet the the Cordina family in Tokoyo since we are leaving from Chicago and they… Read More