We spent the whole day today at Nakameguro, celebrating our anniversary. Fafa took me to Travelers' Factory and treated me to everything.…
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Today has been such a great day in Tokyo. We dropped my film camera rolls to be developed at BIC and returned to the hotel for some R&R.…
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We will be celebrating yet another new year in Japan, another Japanese New Year. It was a last-minute change in the travel plan.…
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Ohayo! I created this Japan Travel Checklist to feed my obsession with Japan, from its’ beautiful culture to its delicious food. I have kept it offline on Evernote for a few years now. But I decided to share it here, hoping it might be useful to you guys. I have put a tick beside…
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We are in my latest favourite bookshop in Singapore, The Moon. So glad to see non-pretentious-indie bookstores keep popping up here.…
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Ema is a small wooden board where Shinto worshippers in Japanese culture write their prayers. The Ema board will be burned on special days.…
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Of the many parts of Japanese culture I have come to appreciate, Onsen might be on top of the list. I remember hanging out with a tourist couple on my last Japan trip. It was their first day, and the wife asked me what was the one thing she shouldn’t miss to experience in…
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Lena is the founder of Nagoya Foodie Tour and blog. Originally from Munich, Germany she has been living in Japan for around 5 years. She used to live in Tokyo, Japan’s capital but didn’t like it that much because it is a very big, loud, and crowded city. Last year Lena and her husband…
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Invited by the smell of of incense, I turned into a small alley in Osaka and saw people surrounding a mini temple called Hozenji Temple. Hozenji Temple I stepped closer to observe what was going on. The temple devotees were queuing to pour water over the Buddha statue called Mizukake (water-throwing) Fudo. Later I…
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It’s exciting to explore the sixth-largest city in Japan. I have heard about Kobe, especially Kobe beef, and that it felt familiar.…
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