After enjoying my layover in Tokyo, I headed back to Tokyo Haneda for my flight to San Francisco. I was flying on Japan Airlines in First Class on an American Airlines award ticket. Thanks to being in first class, I had access to the JAL First Class Lounge Tokyo Haneda. I checked in to my […]
Tokyo is one of my favorite cities in the world. When I had the opportunity to include a 10+ hour layover in the city on my way from Seoul back home to San Francisco, I had to do it. A layover in Tokyo from Haneda is perfect, since it’s so easy to get into central […]
My flight from Hong Kong landed in Osaka around 7pm. Due to some clever scheduling, I would have about 23 hours for a layover in Japan. First, I needed to make my way into Osaka proper. Thanks to being the first person off the plane, I was the only passenger who made the first train to […]
As much as I hated to be leaving Japan, it was time to head home on the final leg of my trip around the world. My final long distance flight would be back to the United States on Japan Airlines in first class from Tokyo to Los Angeles. My departure was out of Tokyo Narita. […]
I began my trip to Kyoto by visiting the Imperial Palace, the home of Japan’s Imperial Family until 1868. Kyoto’s subway system is not 100% comprehensive, but it can at least get you fairly close to the more central sights. An all-day pass is 600 yen, which is the better deal if you ride it […]
On my 3rd day in Japan, Tokyo finally began to wake up a bit from the New Year. Places that had been closed for the first couple of days of the year were finally open again. Since the sky was once again pretty clear, I started off the morning heading to the Tokyo Government Building’s […]
In May, I traveled to New York City & Pittsburgh. You can read my full posts about New York here & here, but here are a few more pictures from Instagram that were not included in that post. View this post on Instagram No better way to start off a weekend in NYC than by […]
