We want to make our honeymoon special by staying in classical Japanese ryokan. A ryokan (旅館) is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period.

We want to make our honeymoon special by staying in classical Japanese ryokan. A ryokan (旅館) is a type of traditional Japanese inn that has existed since the eighth century A.D. during the Keiun period.

Send us to dinner the Japanese way! Kaiseki (懐石) or kaiseki-ryōri (懐石料理) is a traditional multi-course Japanese meal with small portions of many, many different things.

Help us get around Japan at 200 mph with rail passes for the shinkansen bullet trains!

If you have been to our house, you know that the super old TV inside looks pretty much like this! In more than 5 years as a couple, we have NEVER owned a TV together and have had to rely on old junk left by our landlords. Help us finally get a decent TV so that Katie can watch her beloved murder mysteries!

Give us a 1/5 share of a custom, handmade bed by Pereida-Rice Woodworking in Arizona. The bed is made from alder from the Pacific Northwest.

Give us a 1/2 share of a new sleeping bag to help keep Katie warm on our adventures in Colorado! She needs it!

To go under her new down sleeping bag, Katie needs a camping mattress!

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Help us bring home an excellent and useful souvenir to complement the Western-style knives on our Amazon registry.

Katie's favorite watersport is SUP. Help us rent boards for long afternoons of paddling around the beaches of Miyakojima!

Katie dreams of sushi! Send us to sample the best sushi in the world.

We are spending the first 6 days of the trip on the tropical island of Miyakojima! Katie loves the water, so she will want to do a few snorkel trips to swim with sea turtles. Send us on an excellent boat trip!

We are visiting the Japan Alps around the World Heritage area of Kamikochi. We want to ride to the crest of the mountains on the Shin Hotaka Ropeway! Help send us to the top!

Send us to watch live jazz at the top of the tower while overlooking Shinjuku in the heart of Tokyo! The New York Bar was made famous in the movie Lost in Translation.

For relaxing times, make it Suntory time! Send us to try the finest Japanese whisky. Kampai!

Visiting the onsen is one of the best parts of a trip to Japan! An onsen (温泉) is a Japanese hot spring and the bathing facilities situated around it. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsens. We will visit them at several stops on our tour!

Send us to lunch at almost 8,000 feet! We will hike from the top of a cable car to a mountain hut in the Japan Alps for lunch and drinks.

More durable than traditional outdoor cookware. Versatile shallow shape with rounded sides is ideal for grilling smaller vegetables and seafood.