September 4, 2023 Cuisine Cabe A Culinary Delights of Indonesian Cuisine in Tokyo Cabe, Indonesian restaurant in Tokyo, was good, but I was hoping for better. Good, but not comparable to other food I have eaten in Japan.… Keep Reading
September 2, 2023 Nomad Notes 3 years, 276 runs, 8124km to Kumano Kodo 3 years, 276 runs, 8124km later, I am now starting at the Kumano Kodo sign while carrying an overweight backpack and wearing discounted hiking shoes. Let the journey begin! Follow me on Instagram @KultureKween for more recent updates.… Keep Reading
August 31, 2023 Nomad Notes Not a Newsletter: Aug23 Edition Summary of the last 30 days of Kulture Kween, the person and the blog, which are heavily based on the notes I scribbled down in my journal.… Keep Reading
August 28, 2023 Kumano Kodo Kumano Kodo Packing List If you are here solely for the Kumano Kodo packing list, scroll to the bottom, but if you have time for a bit of story, then start from here… Keep Reading
August 21, 2023 Kumano Kodo Am I Ready for Kumano Kodo? I am ready for Kumano Kodo because I am always ready. I might not be fully ready, but who would be anyway? But I will be ready enough.… Keep Reading
August 15, 2023 Cuisine SQ HNML High on Biryani on High Altitude I was happy with my SQ HNML that I willed to forgive all the hit-and-miss food and service SQ has provided in the past few years.… Keep Reading
August 14, 2023 Nomad Notes Jakarta Trip Minutes Hours Days Weeks I am grateful to Singapore Airlines for this smooth flight and for the delicious, warm, flavorful biryani lamb I had just demolished.… Keep Reading
August 12, 2023 Nomad Notes Thoughts and Suitcases Inside The Narita Skyliner I thought this Narita Skyliner was an express train to Narita, but there have been stops. That's fine, though; we have plenty of time.… Keep Reading
August 7, 2023 Travel Shinkansen Toki 338: Journey from Niigata to Tokyo Counting my wins: I have taken Amma to ride the Shinkansen, we visited Niigata—a new place together, and I ate the best onigiri of my life.… Keep Reading
August 7, 2023 Nomad Notes Things I Weirdly Miss about Japan Things I weirdly miss about Japan: from rice on raw egg to people sleeping in the train station, from eating alone to repeated Arigato.… Keep Reading