Summer Break + Birthday trip to Japan

401 photos in Japan and The United States added

  • Sushi with Melissa and Hiromi 2
  • Cuttin up some mangos for brekki
  • Tokyo is not small
  • Weirdo tokyo ads
  • Kofu bound
  • Heading to Kofu
  • Our traditional style hotel room, heh
  • Loverboys
  • Gonna order some tempura
  • A very tasty little salad before tempura
  • Grabbin some shrimp tempura
  • Pickled stuff. V tasty pickled stuff.
  • Dessert!
  • Super intricate paper cutouts
  • This is cut out of paper
  • Super intricate paper cutouts
  • Roadside sight seeing
  • Driving through the mountains in Kofu
  • Hangin on the side of this road
  • Mountain selfie on the side of the road
  • Looking out over Kofu
  • Kofu
  • The attention to detail in Japanese food is so crazy. That "ear" of corn is a fishcake with corn kernels stuck into it.
  • fishcake, kelp, okra, shroom soup
  • This toilet had a built in sink... The sink ran when you flushed the toilet. the sink water filled the tank, which would then later fill the bowl.
  • Just finished up a v nice japanese meal with Hiromi's friends in Kofu
  • Our hotel room converted to night time mode
  • Waking up in Kofu
  • Reading the news
  • Tamago Sando + Onigiri + Sugar free redbull. Thank you, Japanese 7-Eleven
  • Right hand drivin!
  • Pretty sure they don't want you to drink and drive
  • Walking up to the Suntory Hakushu distillery
  • Walking up to Suntory Hakushu Distillery
  • Suntory Hakushu Distillery
  • English version of the tour
  • Learning about Suntory Whisky
  • Suntory's wooden fermentation vessels
  • Suntory stills
  • Barrels of whisky
  • Barrels on barrels
  • Tasting whiskys
  • Hiromi and kari
  • Gettin some of that suntory sparkling water
  • Whisky girls
  • Sausages and fishes @ Suntory
  • Some crazy flowers on the Suntory campus
  • Visiting one of Hiromi's college friends' grape farm
  • Look at this giant peach
  • Peeling some big ol Japanese peaches
  • Road side grape and peach stand in yamanshi
  • Picking some fancy grapes
  • Grape guy
  • Sampling some fancy grapes
  • Hangin with Hiromi's friends
  • The hip bone connected to ...
  • Driving around Hiromi's stomping grounds
  • A small shrine
  • Fancy manhole
  • Yamanashi is pretty
  • Trying out Kari's bioness
  • Walking around and checking out the pretty views while waiting for dinner
  • Bout to get dinner with Hiromi's family
  • Kari reads me the menu
  • Tryin out the Yukata
  • Convenience store Onigiris!
  • Protector
  • A shrine near Hiromi's house
  • Sampling some Yamanashi Sake
  • Hiromi pouring us some tastes
  • Sake samplin
  • Sake sippers
  • We spotted a Japanese goat antelope while driving through the mountains
  • Bout to have some temple lunch in the mountains
  • The temple we ate at was beautiful and incredibly serene
  • Waitin for that temple lunch
  • Lunch @ the temple. Fermented soybeans, fishcakes, tofu skin, soups, etc, etc
  • Some living quarters near the Black Dragon Temple
  • Walking toward the black dragon temple
  • Looking out from the black dragon temple area