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Baby Selfish’s 1st International Trip: Japan!

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

Posted by in Accommodations, Asia, Hilton, Hyatt, Japan, Kyoto, Tokyo

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Mrs. Selfish and I decided to take our Selfish Year journey as an end cap to our fading young-adult years. We had always enjoyed traveling as young professionals, and decided a year abroad together would be a great way to “get it out of our systems” prior to having a kid.

Boy were we wrong.

A year later and I’m more addicted to traveling than ever. In fact, after settling in San Francisco, we ended up spending over 3 of the next 15 months outside of the country.

So when we found out Mrs. Selfish was pregnant, I immediately did what any other miles & points enthusiast would do in my shoes and started planning Baby Selfish’s first international trip.

Yep, back to Japan!

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Oh Deer: Chased for Food in Nara

08 Saturday Jun 2013

Posted by in Asia, Japan, Kyoto

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Mrs. Selfish and I decided very early on that a trip to Nara was necessary as part of our long stay in Kyoto.  Nara was the capital of Japan prior to Kyoto, though only for a period of 70 years. It does have some pretty magnificent sites, however, including the largest Buddha in Japan and a shrine with over 3000 stone lanterns.

It also has deer – lots of deer.  According to legend, the deer are heavenly protectors of Nara, and enjoy a special status.  What it means in practice is the Nara parks are packed with deer and people selling deer merchandise and deer food.

It also means the deer are very aggressive.

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Lovin’ Japan Already!

25 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by in Asia, Japan

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Mr. Selfish and I arrived in Kyoto last night and are staying in an apartment here for a glorious 22 nights. After so much fast traveling through China and Korea, we were glad to unpack our bags, do some laundry, and buy some groceries to make home cooked meals.

We started our trip in Japan at Fukuoka for one night and then went to Kurokawa, which is an amazing onsen town, for two nights. After Kyoto, we’ll visit Kanazawa for a couple of nights and then Tokyo for two weeks.

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