Okinawa Hai!

 CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES There’s a popular children’s story about giving a mouse a cookie, and the mouse needing additional things as a result of that cookie (i.e. a straw, a glass of milk, a nap.) Similarly, if you give a military family a free flight to Singapore or somewhere else via Space A, that [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES   Stuck at Narita Airport for more than three hours?  Head to the Naritasan Temple! So we had about five hours before our flight from Narita to Naha.  Everyone knows that there is no way our family with rambunctious kids and hubby would last five hours in any airport.  After finding [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES   Once again, another New Year’s Eve while travelling, and another night of winding down for our family from whatever trip we’ve been on. It was so nice to find this little, homey place about a two-hour train ride from Tokyo. We had just returned from a trip to the Philippines and needed [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES This is Monette’s third post about her family’s adventures in Taiwan. Click HERE to read Part 1 and HERE to read Part 2. For Part Three, let’s get a little cultural. As you travel through Taiwan, the unique culture surrounds you and is truly something to be enjoyed. Taiwan has a lot of very interesting, [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES This is Monette’s second post about her family’s adventures in Taiwan. Click HERE to read Part 1. So our family adventure continues in Taiwan! Since we discussed the natural wonders in the first part, for this part we will check out the man-made wonders that amazed us. Taipei 101 – The most obvious, [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY QUENTIN RICHARDSON I found out about this site from a friend stationed at Yokota just a few months after it officially opened to the public. Since I planned a trip up to Tokyo anyway, this place was on the top of my to-do list. If you plan to go, you should know that it [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LEAH MAGID Katrina recently posted about a lot of new low-cost airlines. You can find her post HERE. If you have tried any other airlines, we’d love to hear about your experience! Click HERE to send us your story. If you have tried to get around Japan, you may notice that airfare is [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Before 2012, I had never had a desire to go to Taiwan. I never even thought of Taiwan as a vacation spot. However, when we were looking for a place to vacation over the summer and found that most trips out of Japan would cost over a $1,000 a person just [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY KATRINA RAYMOND In the past year there have been numerous airlines that have embraced Okinawa with its presence.  In 2011 the cost of airfare to Mainland Japan could be anywhere from $200-400 each just to go to Tokyo. The times are changing and new airlines are springing up often offering deals for that [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY QUENTIN RICHARDSON Planning The Trip Before I make the firm decision on a trip, I do research on it to make sure that (1), I can afford it, (2) it’s easily accessible in the allotted amount of time and (3) it will be worth it. Once those three conditions are satisfied, I begin [...]

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