Pacific Ocean Swimming

Peering between palm trees we saw the lapping of the waves and heard the ocean. We fell asleep content that we would be swimming in the Pacific Ocean.

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Introduction to Shirahama Beach

Castle in the Sky was interesting, pretty far off the beaten track, and a lot of fun; all in all though, we were ready for some more R-and-R. The rest and recovery included lazing around on the most beautiful beach I had ever seen, located in Shirahama.

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Urban Camping: Cheap and Easy Travel in Japan

We read a lot about urban camping in Japan, before ever going over there and doing it ourselves. The main thing that made me feel confident about it being safe was that my mother had approved of it and even found it herself AND that on one of the recommendations it had said a police…

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