Well, I am writing this from our ryokan in Kyoto. It is my second time in the city that I claimed to be my favourite place in the world. And as hard as it’s for me to admit, I didn’t enjoy Kyoto as much as I had the first time around.…
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As you might have known, Osaka is dubbed the kitchen of Japan and today, eating as much as we did, I must agree. We started the day with breakfast in the hotel, then coffee at the Honolulu Coffee by the river in Dotonbori. We then had grilled crab legs and a bowl of ramen…
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After more than a day of travelling, we finally arrived in Japan. So far, I have had a beef bowl in Yoshinoya and checked in to the hotel.…
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I am on a plane to Japan. They served authentic Japanese cuisine: bento rice and soba noodle. Both meals were Oishi!…
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If there is one shrine you shouldn't miss in Japan, it's the Fushimi Inari Shrine. The shrine is dedicated to Inari kami, the god of rice.…
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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 restaurant in Tokyo as…
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Where is home, during my travels, people ask this all the time — a way to say they notice the non-typical accent of the brown-skinned girl.…
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I am rediscovering the joy of board games. It started when I offered Liz to bring a board game in lieu of a cooked meal to her hot pot dinner.…
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Let’s talk about noticing the beauty of ordinary things while travelling. A skill I am slowly losing, especially if it's in my own backyard.…
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Train rides bring you to your destination, literally, but also mindlessly. The exact opposite of the hassle of plane rides.…
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