Today we hung out in Osaka, but it was really hot so we tried to be outside as little as possible while the sun was out. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day: Continue reading
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June 10 (Day 13): Highlights & Instagram
Today our trip is officially half way done, and we spent the day traveling to Ōkunoshima, the Rabbit Island. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day: Continue reading
Re-purpled

Eriko and me
It’s been a few weeks since I first had my hair dyed purple in Tokyo, and it had already faded quite a bit. So, when we returned to Tokyo for the last bit of our trip I stopped by Nalu Style Salon 76 to see if there was any chance they could dye it again before I return home.
Luckily they were able to see me today. I decided to go with a bit bolder purple this time, and once again I feel Eriko did a wonderful job! Eriko posted a nice photo of the new color on Instagram. I don’t know when I’ll get to visit Japan again, but when I do, I’ll go back to Salon 76 and have my hair done by her again.
June 9 (Day 12) Highlights & Instagram
Today begins a phase of the trip where, instead of spending a bunch of days in one place, we’re going to be hopping from one place to another for a while. So, we left out luxurious ryokan in Kyoto (which wasn’t easy!) and went to Hiroshima. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
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June 8 (Day 11) Highlights & Instagram
Today we left our lovely Kyoto AirBnB, Kinse Inn, and went to spent one night in a luxurious ryokan. We had a little time in the morning to do some more things in Kyoto, but once we really settled into our ryokan, we decided to spend the evening in. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
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June 7 (Day 10) Highlights & Instagram
Today we went to Arashiyama, an area on the outskirts of Kyoto with lots of interesting and fun things to see and do. It was kind of rainy, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the day. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
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June 6 (Day 9) Highlights & Instagram
On our second full day in Kyoto, our legs so tired from walking so much, we decided to rent bikes so we could get around the city a little easier and see more things that are farther apart. Turns out the bikes we rented were fixies, so we ended up wrecking our legs in a whole different way.
Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
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June 5 (Day 8) Highlights & Instagram
This was our first full day in Kyoto. We had planned to do a full-day bike tour, to see a lot of the sights and get a better sense of the city, but we found out on the train on the way here that the tour was cancelled due to bad weather. That was a bummer, and we scrambled to figure out what things we should do today instead.
Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
June 4 (Day 7) Highlights & Instagram
On this day we left Tokyo for Kyoto. Here are some highlights, followed by the photos I posted to Instagram that day:
June 3 (Day 6) Highlights & Instagram
I’m going to try combining the highlights and the Instagram round-up for a given day into one post and see if that makes it easier to get caught up on this blogging thing!
So, here are some of the things we did on Friday, followed by the photos I posted that day: