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We checked the forecast the night before and saw nothing but rain icons for the next four days. Our kids groaned. My husband pulled up flight change fees as a joke. But here’s what nobody tells you before your first…
Our kids didn’t ask to visit a single temple on our Japan trip. Not one. What they asked about, repeatedly, from the moment we landed? Shopping. And honestly, we can’t blame them. Japan is a country where buying stuff is…
We Packed Wrong for Japan the First Time. Here’s What Actually Matters. Our first trip to Japan with kids, we showed up with two massive suitcases, lace-up hiking boots, a portable car seat, and three guidebooks. Within 48 hours we’d…
The image that sells Japan to half the families who visit: wild monkeys sitting in a steaming hot spring pool surrounded by snow, looking completely unbothered by life. It’s real, it’s in Nagano Prefecture, and getting there with kids is…
We booked the Harry Potter Studio Tour three months before our trip and it still almost sold out for our date. This isn’t a “show up and buy tickets” situation. The Tokyo tour opened in 2024 and demand hasn’t slowed…
When people asked about our Japan trip, the reaction to “we went to Okinawa too” was almost always surprise. Most family itineraries stick to Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka — and those are all brilliant — but Okinawa gave us something…
Hiroshima was the stop on our Japan trip that we thought about the most beforehand. How do you take young kids to a place defined by something so devastating? What do you say? In the end, we’re really glad we…
Nikko was the day trip that surprised us the most. We’d read it was worth visiting, but honestly, we weren’t prepared for just how stunning the shrines would be, or how much our kids would love the monkey carvings. It’s…
Kamakura was one of those day trips we almost didn’t do. With only two weeks in Japan and so much already packed in, adding another stop felt like a stretch. But it’s just 30 minutes from Tokyo, and honestly, it…
Kanazawa is the city nobody plans to visit and everybody wishes they’d spent more time in. We added it as a two-night stop between Tokyo and Kyoto on our second Japan trip, mostly because the train route made it convenient.…