I'm on the Shinkansen with the boy, headed for a ski weekend in Niigata prefecture with my friend Caroline and her family. It's my third visit to Bears House, a lovely hotel right on the slopes of Ishiuchi Maruyama ski resort. So by now I have the drill down of getting there: local train to …
Month: January 2019
Christmas in Hawaii, The Lava Edition: The Big Island
After a fantastic five days on Kauai, we hopped on a one-hour flight to the Big Island of Hawaii. We started in Kona, the city on the perpetually-sunny western coast famous for its coffee, sunsets, and Ironman competition. Mark's youngest brother Marshall moved to Hawaii this summer from Washington state. Though he now lives in …
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Christmas in Hawaii: Kauai
In 2016 we went to Hawaii and really loved our time there. Traveling to Hawaii is much easier from Japan than from Washington DC, so we decided to visit Hawaii again before leaving Japan. Mark's youngest brother Marshall moved to Hawaii this year, so that made our decision easy. We started on the island of …
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