An unexpected evening of sumo wrestling in Asakusa, Japan, featuring traditional rituals, chanko nabe, and an immersive cultural experience.…
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Have you seen a Marimo before? Marimo, scientifically known as a seaweed ball, is a type of sea plant found in the northern hemisphere that can grow in size over time. It’s a perfect house plant/pet due to its cute ball-like form and simple growing ability with little care. Marimo at Lake Akan Lake Akan,…
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“All the Japanese food I ate on my Japan trip has been amazingly delicious. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in a hole in the wall restaurant or inside top to bottom glass doors restaurants; something I bought from 7-11 or vending machine“, I tried to convince Fafa to book a table at Jiro Sushi…
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I flew to Japan last Saturday with my best friends. My second Japan trip, to fulfil the pact we made at the airport three years ago, to come back again because it’s JAPAN! I dislike repeating things and for someone who hasn’t seen much of the world and with limited work leave, I shouldn’t…
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Visiting Shibuya means walking on the iconic Shibuya crossing. The world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, the Shibuya crossing is a quirky thing to tick off of the Tokyo travel list. I expected to see some weird shenanigans while walking on the Shibuya crossing. But instead, rushing among thousands of strangers, I felt overwhelmed. I chalked it out as a dehydration…
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Shinjuku at night was busier and livelier than Shinjuku during the daytime. There was a 7-11 below the hotel so I got my goodies for the night, including various Onigiri, random coffee cans and a bottle of wine and went back to the hotel.…
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Known as the most expensive district in Tokyo and one of the most expensive areas in the world, Ginza is a paradise for high-end shoppers.…
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Our Dubai desert safari started with an adrenaline-pumping ride of a lifetime.…
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I took a train and rode on women and kids only carts in downtown Dubai today. It wasn’t an entirely new concept for me. It has been operating in Jakarta for some time. It’s just I had never ridden in it before. If you had asked me about my take on the women-only carriage…
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In my dream, I stay in an apartment right above Little India. I manage a cultural publication solely dedicated to Little India and spend my days writing about everything about it.…
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“How much did we pay for our Barcelona Airbnb again?” my cousin asked me while standing in front of a tiny white building with a metal door sans window. Implying that we might have gone for a too-cheap option. Barcelona Airbnb Neighborhood Standing in the middle of a back alley in the Catalonia neighbourhood,…
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