Adventures of David and Paul

David's work sent him to Minneapolis for a conference, so we decided to take a few days off and explore the upper great lakes regi...

Today we drove from Kyoto to Osaka to see the city for a few hours before leaving by shinkansen (bullet train) to Tokyo.  The first s...

For our second (and last) day in Kyoto, we decided to check out one more temple, then see a few more off the beaten path attractions. We dr...

Kyoto is the heart of old Japan. It became the capital in 794, and was home to each of the Emperors and royal families until 1868. It is ch...