Nair's is an Indian restaurant in Tokyo. Mohan Lal, the Indian actor, once visited it. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us.…
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The first time I heard about Kami was when we were on the bus to Mount Fuji. After we finished singing the Mount Fuji song as directed by the guide, he told us that Mount Fuji is a Kami and proceeded to explain more about it. Kami in Japanese Culture Kami is the spirit…
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A sushi train restaurant, a part of Japanese food culture, is a restaurant you sit around a conveyer belt on which plates of sushi rotates.…
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Like most things in Japan, Eki Stamp has also become a local obsession, combining the two things Japanese love: stamps and trains.…
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When I penned my farewell to Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market I thought that was it. That I’d have to relive cherished moments of the largest fish market in the world — from witnessing the legendary tuna auction to eating sushi breakfast at 5 AM – just in my mind. That I’d never experience the…
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My first Soba noodle experience wasn’t much different from my first Ramen experience in Japan. I first had it in Japan and it wasn’t my choice in the first place to eat it. It was past lunchtime when I ducked through the noren (Japanese curtain), into a no-name hole-in-the-wall restaurant on a small alleyway…
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I was standing in the middle of a souvenir store inside the Takasaki train station when a cup caught my attention. Mogu Cup was written on the label together with the Yen symbol followed by a few digits, but no other description except for the name of the crafter, Hokuto 59. The beautifully crafted…
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“It feels like coming home“, Fafa told me while dragging our luggage out of the Oshiage train station. I smiled and nodded. I thought of the same thing when I sat on the toilet at Haneda airport. Both I and my ass felt the heated welcome. Japan Trip On Repeat On the first day,…
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Bidding goodbye to my beloved Tokyo and Japan. Dragging our big luggage from One@Tokyo hotel to Oshiage SkyTree station.…
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Happy New Year from Japan. I woke up at 4.30 AM and started replying to all the new year wishes until I fell asleep again.…
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