This is a photo heavy post, so get ready! For this part of the trip, we were headed to Shirakawa-go Village. It is a world cultural heritage site. The wiki can explain in FAR more detail than I can, so definitely check it out! And possibly listen to this video as a narration of the blog post as well. The time we visited couldn't have been more perfect, as … [Read more...] about School Trip to Kanazawa Part 2
Get ready for a long post! Every weekend that I have a culture class trip, I am surprised by what we are shown. As you'll see from the photographs and video, Asakusa is very much where old meets new. The political hub of Tokyo is right next to an Edo period castle and the Imperial Palace. We weren't able to go to where the main buildings are, but we saw the gates, and the … [Read more...] about National Diet Building, Imperial Palace, Sensoji Buddhist Temple, and Asakusa Tour