Real Trips. Real Tips. For Families who love to Explore.
Welcome to the CKB Travel Blog-your go-to guide for family adventures to Japan, Hawai’i and Disney. Whether you’re looking for custom itineraries, budget tips, or real stories from my travels, I am here to help take the stress out of vacation planning. Here you can get the raw re-telling of my family vacations. When it comes down to it we all want to make the most meaningful memories with our families.
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Our First Shinkansen: From Tokyo to Kyoto, Fast Tracks and Full Hearts
By Christina Kawamoto-Butler | CKB Travel Waking up that morning, I was feeling a lot. Sad to leave Tokyo, excited for Kyoto, low-key stressed about the train tickets…
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Trapped in Train Transit: That Time We Got Stuck in Shinagawa Station
By Christina Kawamoto-Butler | CKB Travel We’d been riding trains in Japan for days. At this point in the trip, we were walking around with full-blown main character…
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Our Most Perfect Day in Tokyo exploring Toyosu, Odaiba and Asakusa
By Christina Kawamoto-Butler | CKB Travel Some days on vacation feel chaotic. Others feel too slow. But once in a while, you get a day that just clicks.…
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Crepes, Rainbow Cheese, and the Uggs We Didn’t Plan On: A Day in Harajuku & Shibuya
By Christina Kawamoto-Butler | CKB Travel Somewhere between the rainbow grilled cheese and the last-minute Uggs purchase, I realized that Harajuku and Shibuya weren’t just TikTok-famous destinations—they were…
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Traveling with Respect: How a Box of Mac Nuts Became My Passport to Connection
When people talk about preparing for a trip to Japan, it’s usually all about the logistics—how to buy a Suica card, which JR Pass to get, what rides…
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From Cows to Commuter Trains: Our First Tokyo Train Ride as a Family
We live in a town with more cows than people. No, really—there are literally more cows than humans where we live in Hawaiʻi. So hopping on a commuter…
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