Located in Roppongi, Mori Art Museum features N.S Harsha's Charming Journey collection - his art spoke to me in a profound way.…
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I usually pour my post-Japan-trip thoughts into a blog post shortly after I leave the beloved country, but this time it took me a much longer time. I kept digging into my short term memories for the parts of this Japan trip that I wasn’t a fan of, the bad and the ugly before I continue…
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Eleven days and 999 pictures later, I am back from Japan! We touched in Melbourne last Saturday, and I spent the whole weekend recuperating from the long and tiring plane rides back home. Between then and now, I have had Nasi Lemak (Singapore Airport), Briyani, spicy Szechuan chicken, a copious amount of lavender tea, a large flat…
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I have small and big things on my to-do list for this Japan trip, one of which is to try the iconic Japanese Starbucks Matcha Pudding.…
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Dōtonbori might be the one neighbourhood in the entire Japan where I have eaten most, even compared to the more famous ones in Tokyo.…
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An integral part of Japanese culture, Hanami is a long-held local tradition in Japan. Hanami means picnicking under the cherry blossom tree.…
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Takayama, with its people and blossoming Sakura, greets me Ohayōgozaimasu. It's one of my favourite cities in Japan, after Kyoto and Tokyo.…
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It's not easy to find a restaurant that's open past hour in Kanazawa. But when we did, it was so good that we remember it fondly.…
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Years ago, I religiously translate-read a Japanese blog called I Live in Japan 7 by a girl who went by Y. The blog portrayed Japan, in simple ways, through her (sometimes) complex thoughts. Her writings were ageless (she herself seemed ageless), and I admired her tenancy to write In English. One day Y…
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We are inside a bullet train, called the Thunderbird, that’s taking us from Osaka to Kanazawa. And the train is spacious enough for me to write.…
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