There are days when you want to sit down and write a post about investing, but some creature from within crawls its way from the dark depths of your brain. Writing is like that sometimes — it can get messy.
Today was one of those days…
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Our Japan trip was an incredible journey, and we made a ton of great new memories as a family! That said, it’s really good to be home!
We landed last night, and of course the kiddos still wanted to go out trick-or-treating for Halloween. I really don’t know where kids get their energy…
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In this episode we put back on our adventure shoes, don our backpacks and head further afield to the tropical island of Okinawa!
While still part of Japan, Okinawa is in the southernmost part of Japan. It’s very close to Taiwan and China. The island has it’s own distinct culture, food, and history — all slightly different from that of Japan, or China.
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Does a trip to the park sound boring when Japan has ancient temples and castles to explore? Tourist attractions are great, but they can also be expensive and exhausting.
Frankly, after you’ve seen about a dozen temples they all start to look the same anyway. Certainly not something a 2 year old and a 4 year old are going appreciate for a whole month. Instead, we take the kids to the park!
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Is Japan an expensive place to eat? It certainly can be! Japan has a reputation for notoriously high prices, but in my experience it doesn’t have to be that way! You can definitely eat affordably in Japan if you’re willing to try out a few new things.
Delicious food is abundant in the country, and it comes in all different price points…
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In Part 1 of our Japan Trip Report I showed where we’re staying for a big chunk of this month-long Japan adventure. We aren’t just staying in one spot however — We’re taking lots of mini-trips to different parts of the country!
The first of these mini-trips was scheduled two days after we landed in Japan. It was a 2-day trip to a small town in Wakayama Prefecture, called Katsuura.
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Hi folks! The Tako family is currently traveling around Japan for the entire month of October. We’re exploring the Land of the Rising Sun once again (it’s not our first trip to Japan), and I’ll be blogging about our travels for the entire month. So keep watching for all the latest updates!
Without further ado, let’s get right down to the interesting stuff…
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The Tako family has been on the road this week. We’ve been traveling around Eastern Washington, seeing the sights and checking out small college towns. We think small college towns make great places to live, and we’re looking for a place we might like to live…
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Have you ever wondered where this whole idea of a “vacation” or “holiday” came from?
Just as we have the aristocracy to thank for our lawns, it turns-out we also have to blame those rich hoity-toity types for our modern “vacation” culture…
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