I have been collecting Japan things to do for years in my notes. Things to do, to eat, to check out that I missed or want to do one day.…
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As the saying goes ━ you don't forget your first Onigiri. I had mine at the Fushimi Inari train station on my first Japan trip with my best friends.…
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"Omakase is more expensive because we put the shoyu and wasabi for you" joked the chef in Kisume.…
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During Hungry Ghost Months, humans do the age-old tradition of ancestor worshipping and hungry ghost appeasing as it’s believed that the spirit-world gate opens, and the ghosts return to the living world for a whole month.…
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An Indonesian and a Chinese went into a Japanese Izakaya located in a small town in Australia; It sounds like a start of a bad joke, doesn’t it? But that’s precisely what happened. Liz and I are staying in a lovely Airbnb in Mt Macedon this weekend, and we went to Kuzu Izakaya tonight…
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I am reading The Road To Sata by Alan Booth. I mean, I have started reading it. I have only finished the first section. Chapter I. Outposts.…
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I would get to tick off from my ultimate Japan trip list or add more to it. But I would be okay either way because I will always miss Japan.…
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Another good night’s sleep (Fafa complained that I started all my recent entries with the status of my sleep ━ it’s a diary, Fa, That’s how I write my diary) and stayed in bed for some time while Fafa cooked us Farmer’s breakfast. I so can get adjusted to this morning routine! After breakfast…
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Gyoza Gyoza has delicious tapas-style Japanese food. From edamame, yakitori, takoyaki to miso soup. And their drinks are delicious.…
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Tokyo On Foot I got his first book, Tokyo On Foot, last year, after contemplating for many moons, whether dropping serious dollars was worth getting a book filled with drawings only. The book ended up being my all-time favourite. I reread it countless times and at times it cheers me up as well. That…
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