Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of New York from the Empire State Building! My first ever visit to New York was pretty packed. From spending the day at Japan Day to running around exploring as much Asian culture around the city as I could, my […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of Hello Kitty in NYC! When I first arrived in New York, my ride was driving me through the city to drop me off at my hotel. On the way we passed by a giant Hello Kitty, which took me […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of delicious donuts downtown Chicago! Today is National Donut Day (also known as the best holiday ever), and I’m happy to finally be able to celebrate my favorite food this year after not being able to the past two years while living […]
Some people go to therapy, others prefer going to cuddle cats. Thanks to small apartment sizes, many of which aren’t even allowed to have animals, and the exorbitant price of pets, cat cafes (or animal cafes in general) have been a popular phenomena for the last couple of decades in Asia. I was no stranger […]
One of the places I was most looking forward to visiting in New York City was the Japan Society. Holding over 100 different events each year, the Japan Society is one of the leading U.S. organizations fostering a mutual understanding and appreciation between Japan and the United States. Founded in May of 1907 by a […]
Anime Central (or ACen as local con-goers call it) is the Midwest’s largest anime and manga convention. Taking place one weekend a year in Chicago, typically in May, its 30,000+ attendees puts it in the top three anime conventions in North America. Sure, I haven’t watched an anime series in almost three years and I can’t even […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the Sutro Bath ruins in San Francisco. The Sutro Baths opened in the late 1800s as the largest indoor swimming complex in the world. Somehow surviving earthquakes, fires, and other natural disasters, the baths finally saw their demise when […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the Japanese stone lantern on Tidal Basin in Washington DC. This stone lantern is one of two made in honor of Tokugawa Iemitsu’s death in 1651. The pair of lanterns were put on display in Tokyo’s famous Ueno Park, until […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of downtown Chicago as seen from the South Loop. After what felt like an extended winter followed by weeks of rain, the weather is finally looking up here in Chicago as warmer temperatures and blue skies roll in. Luckily, that means […]
Dragging myself out of bed, I fumbled around getting ready in the dark as to not wake the others who were still soundly sleeping in my room. As I made my way downstairs to the lobby I noticed others were just returning, calling it a night, but my day was just beginning. Arriving at Tidal Basin, […]